Gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson opening Inaugural festivities

[annabanana]

(cross posted from the Theology forum)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/gene-robinson-gay-bishop_n_157076.html

from the article:

Robinson is the first openly gay diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion. "God never gets it wrong. The church often takes a long time to get it right. It is a human institution, but one capable of self-correction," Robinson told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "I believe in my heart that the church got it wrong about homosexuality. There is great excitement in my heart to be living in a time when the church is starting to get it right."

Robinson said he would love to sit down with Rick Warren but believed that the California pastor has "perpetrated lies about the gay, lesbian and bisexual community."

[More Than A Feeling]

1. Is Warren out completely, or are they giving two separate invocations?

[Matariki]

3. Two separate inauguration events

Smart move to invite Robinson rather than rescind the invite to Warren really,.

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5. So both the bigots and decent Americans get their voices heart.

:sarcasm:

Yeah, right.

This is Obama being scared of losing money from the GLBT base.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Robinson will be at an event Obama will not attend and which will largely be ignored

Warren will be standing beside Obama as he takes the Oath of Office while half the world watches.

Draw your own conclusions.

[Connie_Corleone]

6. Obama and Biden will be at the event Robinson is giving the prayer.

Stop spreading false information just to get people outraged.

[TechBear_Seattle]

7. I had heard otherwise

My apologies if my earlier sources were incorrect.

[Matariki]

9. Obama is speaking at the event that Robinson is 'praying' at

Start of the Inaugural events at the Lincoln Memorial.

[madeline_con]

10. It sucks, really.

:(

[Matariki]

2. I like what he has to say about the type of prayer he's going to give

http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=3041&MediaType=1&Category=26

Robinson, 61, who lives in Weare, New Hampshire with his longtime partner, said he has yet to write his prayer, but won't use a Bible.

“While that is a holy and sacred text to me, it is not for many Americans,” Robinson said. “I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer. This is a prayer for the whole nation.”

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8. Now all we need is

a representative from the NAACP and the KKK to do their separate inaugural prayers as well.

:sarcasm: