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Rev. Robinson's Prayer Hits the Fan
Taylor Marsh —
... before Obama made his speech. No one said a word when HBO cut
that moment out of the rebroadcast. The bald eagle, symbolism of our beautiful country, the importance of protecting it, as well as the grandeur beyond what is human.
I am evidently one of the very few unmoved that Rev. Robinson’s prayer was
also not part of the HBO rebroadcast of Obama’s concert on the mall. ...and
I’m an Episcopalian.
HBO says it was Obama’s people. But
they say no, to the contrary. ...
Obama camp takes blame
Ben Smith's Blog —
... HBO had already shifted blame for the move to the Committee, which is taking heat among gay leaders and other critics for failing to broadcast what had been taken to a high-profile answer to Rick Warren's invocation Tuesday. ...
Bishop Gene Robinson's Elegant Prayer For Obama Censored By... HBO? Obama?
DownWithTyranny! —
... after the huge expression of outrage from progressives when Obama made the politically expedient decision to have bigoted pop-preacher Rick Warren deliver the big invocation tomorrow. I'm betting Warren's address isn't likely to be nearly as meaningful or stirring as the one by Robinson that HBO decided not to air. (By the way HBO claims the decision to censor wasn't their own but was made by the Inauguration Committee, a lame excuse even if it's true. And Obama says he intended for Robinson to be broadcast.) Since its one of the best pray-type things I've ...
