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BISHOP GENE ROBINSON GOES ALL OUT | Weekly World News
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 ...
Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not including Gene Robinson in concert special
Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not including Gene Robinson in concert special
afterelton.com — 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 ... (more) Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not ...
No Bishop Gene Robinson On HBO Inaugural Concert Broadcast
No Bishop Gene Robinson On HBO Inaugural Concert Broadcast
joemygod.blogspot.com — 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 ... (more) No Bishop Gene Robinson On HBO Inaugural Concert Broadcast
TV Barn: Why was Rev. Gene Robinson kept off "We Are One"?
TV Barn: Why was Rev. Gene Robinson kept off "We Are One"?
blogs.kansascity.com — 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 ... (more) TV Barn: Why was Rev. Gene Robinson kept off "We Are One"?
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Bishop Gene Robinson: out and proud at Inaugural!
All — ... 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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