I thought I'd just tuned in too late, but Wayne Besen reports that HBO didn't even broadcast the invocation by openly gay Episocopal Bishop Gene Robinson that preceded the festivities of the We Are One concert. The explanation from HBO: “The producer of the concert has said that the Presidential Inaugural Committee made the decision to keep the invocation as part of the pre-show.”
Will the networks be bumping gay-marriage foe Rev. Rick Warren when he gives the inaugural prayer?
Fat chance.
This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2009.