The convention (on refugees) provides that they should be accepted at the nearest port and I think the issue is a very serious one.

We do not think there is an issue of refugees between China and North Korea

They already feel mistreated. By calling them refugees, I think, makes them feel less American.

You don't have to be a huge convention to meet there.

I believe that the deputies here at the General Convention and the bishops -- both those who oppose my consent and those who support it -- are doing so in a very prayerful manner, ... I think they all live in a culture in which gay and lesbian folk are being more and more included all the time, but I think they are making this [decision] in the context of their own walk and journey with God.

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.