--- title: "1 Sexuality Gay Quotes By Gene Robinson" description: "1 Sexuality Gay quotes by Gene Robinson. Plus more from Gene Robinson and more Sexuality Gay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/gene-robinson-14740_homosexuality_being-gay-is-not-about-what-we-do-it-s-a_2478275.jpg" --- > [“being gay is not about what we do; it’s about who we are. It is impossible to overstate the importance of this and the degree to which heterosexual people don’t understand it. The word “homosexual” seems to define us solely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/being-gay-is-not-about-what-we-do-it-s-about-who-we-are-it-is/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/gene-robinson-14740_homosexuality_being-gay-is-not-about-what-we-do-it-s-a_2478275.jpg) ## More by Gene Robinson > [When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/when-you-claim-to-have-the-truth-as-opposed-to-the-truth-as-you/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [You know, we live in a time when if somebody wants to kill you, they're going to kill you, and you can either go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/you-know-we-live-in-a-time-when-if-somebody-wants-to-kill-you-they-re/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/it-seems-to-me-that-if-god-calls-us-to-anything-it-s-to-a-life-of/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [We love to talk about justice. It's the doing of justice that's hard...I believe it is work we are called to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/we-love-to-talk-about-justice-it-s-the-doing-of-justice-that-s-hard-i/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [“Still, as a straight person, you might say, "This just isn't my fight." No, it isn't. Unless you care about the kind of society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/still-as-a-straight-person-you-might-say-this-just-isn-t-my-fight-no/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/i-think-my-election-is-one-of-several-indications-that-gay-and/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/stability-is-why-society-has-an-interest-in-marriage/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/it-is-at-least-a-small-comfort-to-me-as-a-gay-rights-and-marriage/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/but-by-virtue-of-our-baptism-peter-akinola-and-i-are-brothers-in/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [“This is an important point, difficult for the modern mind to grasp: homosexuality as a sexual orientation was unknown to the ancient mind. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/this-is-an-important-point-difficult-for-the-modern-mind-to-grasp/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/faith-is-a-dynamic-and-ever-changing-process-not-some-fixed-body-of/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what we can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/god-calls-all-of-his-children-to-the-table-we-can-disagree-and-even/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [“Remember how social change happens. Each of us has a worldview that pretty much interprets the world for us, puts our personal and public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/remember-how-social-change-happens-each-of-us-has-a-worldview-that/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/the-bees-learn-where-they-live-by-landmarks-if-they-re-moved-within/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) > [What I love about believing in a living God is that I believe God is constantly revealing God's self to us over time, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-robinson/what-i-love-about-believing-in-a-living-god-is-that-i-believe-god-is/) [Gene Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-robinson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sexuality-gay/gene-robinson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sexuality Gay Quotes By Gene Robinson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“being gay is not about what we do; it’s about who we are. 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