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
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The Sideshow —
From Scott Horton, "UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush and Rumsfeld now: In an interview on Tuesday evening with the German television program 'Frontal 21,' on channel ZDF, Professor Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Rapporteur responsible for torture, stated that with George W. Bush's head of state immunity now terminated, the new government of Barack Obama was obligated by international law to commence a criminal investigation into Bush's torture practices." Ruth is elated that the Guantanamo war crimes trial of Canadian Omar Khadr has been suspended at Obama's request. In fact, Obama has directed prosecutors at GTMO to move to ...
Robert Lanham: Pray For Pastor Rick
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Jason Reed, Reuters
In the spirit of unity that has swept our nation ever since the inauguration, I think we should all take a moment to pray for Pastor Rick. It seems a certain coldness in the air has made him sick. As the dawn of a new era is upon us, Warren tragically was forced to cancel a profoundly historic webcast to his church today:
Of course, as a card-carrying member of the liberal elite, I have little experience at praying. But doggonit, I sure was moved by the pro-gay parts of Warren's invocation. In good faith, I trust that Pastor Rick won't mind me recycling the gay-friendly highlights of his invocation as ...
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Gay Bishop's Invocation Blacked Out at Obama's HBO Concert
crooksandliars.com 1/19/2009 — Although President-elect Obama did include gays in his mention of the various groups who supported him, HBO not only blacked out Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation at today's inauguration concert, they didn't introduce the Washington DC Gay Men's ...
Achieving Our Country
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 1/20/2009 — I'll watching the Inauguration of Barack Obama tomorrow the way a good American
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Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Left Out Of HBO Concert Coverage
huffingtonpost.com 1/20/2009 — Sunday's big Lincoln Memorial show was billed as the "We Are One" concert, intended to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama with a spirit of unity. But for those of us watching at home, one participant was excluded -- Gene Robinson, the "first ...
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