CONCORD, N.H. – The first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop will offer a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial at an inaugural event for president-elect Barack Obama.
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Robinson, 61, said both Obama and vice president-elect Joe Biden will attend the event, and Obama is expected to speak. As for himself, Robinson said he doesn’t yet know what he’ll say, but he knows he won’t use a Bible.
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“While that is a holy and sacred text to me, it is not for many Americans,” Robinson said. “I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer. This is a prayer for the whole nation.”
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Robinson said his prayer will be reflective of the times. “I think these are sober and difficult times that we are facing,” he said. “It won’t be a happy, clappy prayer.”
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Robinson’s 2003 consecration has divided the Episcopal Church in the United States and abroad.
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