weeklyworldnews.com - 1/15/2009
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CONCORD, NH - A gay bishop has been selected to give the first invocation of President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, and he is going to do it loudly and proudly! New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a gay rights leader, will be leading a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial on ...
afterelton.com - 1/19/2009
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Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson (AFP/Robyn Beck) Sunday afternoon,
HBO televised the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln...
Memorial — a concert planned by the Presidential Inauguration Committee — to kick off the festivities surrounding ...
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Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not ...
joemygod.blogspot.com - 1/18/2009
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After days of controversy and outrage from the
religious right, openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson opened...
Barack Obama's inauguration concert on the National Mall today with a request that the nation pray for "understanding that our president ...
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No Bishop Gene Robinson On HBO Inaugural Concert Broadcast
blogs.kansascity.com - 1/19/2009
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Generobinson798413 UPDATED with audio, clarification from HBO, revised
text of prayer plus video below. Like me, you...
probably enjoyed the heck out of "We Are One," the first of several Barack Obama love-ins scheduled for the next few days during this ...
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TV Barn: Why was Rev. Gene Robinson kept off "We Are One"?
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Bishop Gene Robinson: out and proud at Inaugural!
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... In an effort to combat Warren’s anti-gay message, Robinson has arranged for an
elaborate invocation. He will read from a bible resting on a rainbow bedazzled podium, while two Chelsea boys in hot
pants will tearfully release white doves into the air. When Robinson has finished his prayer, drag queens in Michelle Obama
costumes will dance across the stage, waving flags that read, “We did it!” ...
Bishop Gene Robinson: out and proud at Inaugural!
five feet of fury. (a bad poem on an old french statue is not an immigration policy.) —
... In an effort to combat Warren’s anti-gay message, Robinson has arranged for an
elaborate invocation. He will read from a bible resting on a rainbow bedazzled podium, while two Chelsea boys in hot
pants will tearfully release white doves into the air. When Robinson has finished his prayer, drag queens in Michelle Obama
costumes will dance across the stage, waving flags that read, “We did it!” ...
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uk.reuters.com 1/14/2009 — BOSTON (Reuters) - An openly gay bishop will deliver a prayer for President-elect Barack Obama in an inauguration event on Sunday that could help defuse controversy over an anti-gay pastor who will give the main invocation. New Hampshire Episcopal ...
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prospect.org 1/12/2009 — Mike Allen reports :
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who became the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop in 2003 and last year entered into a civil union with his gay partner, will deliver the invocation for Sunday’s kickoff ...
Gay bishop invited to pre-inauguration event in DC - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/12/2009 — CONCORD, N.H. The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama 's first inauguration events. New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson will deliver the invocation at an ...
Obama's SEC pick to face reform-minded Congress —
Reuters: Politics 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will be grilled Thursday on how she intends to overhaul an agency widely blamed for failing to help prevent the biggest financial crisis ...
Four farewells and a hello —
CNN Political Ticker 1/15/2009
Amid all the farewells is a hello. Roland Burris is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday as the junior Senator from Illinois.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – It's a day of four farewells and a hello here in the nation's capitol.
President Bush goes in front ...