Openly gay Anglican bishop, Gene Robinson, has been selected to give the opening prayer at festivities to kick off president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, the organising committee announced on Monday.
Openly gay Anglican bishop, Gene Robinson
Robinson who is the first openly gay bishop in the US Anglican Communion will pray at the star-studded event to be broadcast on national television from the Lincoln Memorial on Jan 18.
The consecration of the New Hampshire bishop in 2003 not only met with worldwide protests by the Anglican leadership but also sparked a worldwide struggle within the Anglican church over homosexuality and Scripture.
The Jan 18 concert will feature performances by Beyonce, Bono and Bruce Springsteen, among others.
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Barack Obama may not be a very religious person (he isn't), but there seems to be a lacuna in his (otherwise excellent) education: he seems to KNOW very little about religion or the religions of the world. I can't remember a Presidential inauguration in the US where no invitations were extended to Catholic prelates or Jewish rabbis to give a prayer.
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