Published 1/13/2009
at L.A. Times - Politics
V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, will deliver the invocation at a kickoff event two days before Obama's swearing-in.
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After angering gay rights supporters with the choice of evangelist Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church to pray at the kickoff event for the inaugural festivities Sunday.
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