Gay bishop to appear at Obama inaugural event

January 12, 2009

Washington – The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, whose installation as an openly gay prelate split the Episocal Church, will speak Sunday at an inaugural event at the invitation of the inaugural committee.

"I am writing to tell you that President-Elect Obama and the Inaugural Committee have invited me to give the invocation at the opening event of the Inaugural Week activities, We are One, to be held at the Lincoln Memorial," Robinson wrote in an e-mail to friends over the weekend.

"It will be an enormous honor to offer prayers for the country and the new president, standing on the holy ground where the 'I have a dream speech' was delivered by Dr. King, surrounded by the inspiring and reconciling words of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address," he wrote. "It is also an indication of the new president’s commitment to being the President of ALL the people. the rest

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