So The Gay Community WAS Represented In The Televised Concert Yesterday?

[KittyWampus]

and the group that performed gets no recognition here?

I had to go digging and just happened to find this info.

Is this posted in the DU Video Section yet?

HISTORIC FIRST: WASHINGTON DC GAY MEN'S CHORUS PERFORMS AT OBAMA INAUGURATION CONCERT

In a historic first, yesterday the Washington DC Gay Men's Chorus performed to a national audience in the live broadcast of Barack Obama's inauguration concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Backing pop stars Josh Groban and Heather Headley, the chorus performed My Country, 'Tis Of Thee wearing suits adorned with the red AIDS ribbon. The ribbon was the only indication that the chorus was gay, because like several other choruses that performed yesterday, their name was not announced or listed onscreen.

Click to view:

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/01/washington-dc-g.html

[dionysus]

1. you don't want to get in the way of anyones perpetual outrage do you?

you're supposed to be ANGRY dammit!!

[KittyWampus]

2. I actually thought it was a snub of Robinson until someone posted that HBO only covered

THE CONCERT and not pre-concert events. And Robinson was obviously not performing in the concert.

Then I went looking to find out about any GLBT performers who may or may not have been included.

[dionysus]

4. how was the concert, did you see it? i only caught the U2 song and pete seeger on youtube.

[rox63]

14. NPR didn't broadcast Robinson's remarks either

I wish they had. But I'm still going to listen to them on the radio.

[liberalmuse]

3. It did get recognition.

I was here reading the posts while the gay men's choir was singing. None of the choirs were announced on HBO.

[ecstatic]

5. Two irrefutable facts:

1) Bishop Robinson DID deliver the Invocation to the attending audience (it wasn't included in HBO's televised coverage because that would have meant one of the celebrity performances would need to be cut or excluded)

2) The Gay Men's Chorus performed as well, as you and others stated and clearly saw

I don't understand why people would try to twist the situation to find outrage. It's true--you can't please everyone and some people just look for the negative in every situation.

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[DevonRex]

8. Knock it off. That is enough. You know better.

[KittyWampus]

9. Wow, a thread at 5:00 this morning. HOW could I have missed it. It's not like there're multiple

threads about Robinson's participation in the PRE-Concert events and how that is supposedly a snub for him not getting televised with the ACTUAL Concert portion.

[dsc]

11. You said there was NO RECOGNITION,

not no recogntion that I found. You bottom line accused us of lying to your faces and then got caught lying to ours. BTW both threads were on the second page and one HAD GAY MEN'S CHORUS IN THE FUCKING TITLE.

[dionysus]

10. jesus christ you're acting like a five year old. are you gonna start stomping and screaming next?

act like an adult will ya?

[dsc]

12. This thread accuses us of lying if that is OK

why is it not OK to point out, accurately I might add, that the OP is totally inaccurate. On the second page, not some archive far away, are two threads that explicitly mention the chorus he claimed, falsely, wasn't mentioned. He flat out, gold carat, accused us of dishonestly presenting the issue and got caught. Yet my post gets removed.

[Solon]

13. This post coming from a person who said that those who called Warren a homophobe were haters...

yeah, like your opinion matters on this issue. :eyes:

[mckeown1128]

15. shh..don't you know performing isn't recognition...

only prayer... prayer is the only way that the LGBT community can be recognized.

[MarjorieG]

16. And they were wonderful. The rendition, creative tempo unusual.

[Maven]

17. You have no credibility on this issue.

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. It's as if they didn't let this Robinson guy speak. Wasn't he there too?