Oxford Union Debate: Me vs. Gene Robinson.

And I won! Well actually, not totally, but check this out. We had a debate at the Oxford Union tonight, the foremost debate society in Europe with Gene Robinson and our ethics tutor here, Andrew Goddard, plus four other speakers. Any member of the university has a shot at participating in the debate, so after four of the six speakers made their cases, the floor was opened to six Union members, three for and three against. The resolution was "This House does not think a homosexual lifestyle should bar a person from becoming a bishop." At the start of the debate the president of the Union mentioned that the best speaker from each side would be rewarded with all this cool stuff, plus bragging rights, but I wasn't really listening because I definitely wasn't going to get up in front of 1,000 people and Gene Robinson and make a case! Not on my first time in the Union!
So the two speakers on the opposition side (against Gene) were making irrelevant arguments and we were looking pretty bad, so I figured "Why not give it a go." So I raised my hand, got selected by the president, got in front of this hall (see below) and gave the final speak before Gene and the opposing bishop spoke.

Imagine this thing full! Scary!

And I was selected as the best speaker! Totally awesome! So that was pretty cool, and I hope this gift package contains bath soaps and other such items. I will let you know when I get it. Also tomorrow I will post the results of the debate, we might have pulled it out. Anyways, just thought I would share the news. Awesome! I also got to shake Gene Robinson's hand and tell him that even though I don't agree with his lifestyle I love him as a brother in Christ. And that is true.