[1] In 1988, he approached the National Convention of the Episcopal Church in Detroit with a plan for an economic justice ministry.
He offered a liturgy for peace on multiple Good Fridays at the gates of Williams International in Walled Lake, Michigan where missiles were then being made.
His support of women serving as clergy culminated in 1977 when he ordained Meredith Hunt, the first woman to become a priest in the Diocese of Michigan.
[1] McGehee founded the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights in December 1980 with Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic former auxiliary bishop in Detroit, and rabbi Richard Hertz.
He was also in attendance for the consecration of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay person to become a bishop within the Episcopal Church.
[1] McGehee died on the night of March 14, 2013, after a protracted illness at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan.