{"id":1447,"date":"2009-01-12T16:58:57","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2009-01-12T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:58:57","slug":"1447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2009\/01\/12\/1447\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Olive Branch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/blogs\/ni\/gene_robinson.jpg' alt='' class='left' \/>The Obama InauguralBlog has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pic2009.org\/blog\/entry\/initial_talent_line-up_released_for_lincoln_memorial_event\/\">released the lineup<\/a> for the WE ARE ONE:  THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, which will take place on January 18th (so soon!). Included in the lineup, besides a huge number of celebs and music artists, is the Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson giving the invocation. The press release also emphasizes again and again how &#8220;inclusive&#8221; the event will be. To wit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe 56th Inauguration promises to be the most inclusive in history, and the Opening Celebration is one of a series of inaugural events that reflect that commitment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gene_Robinson\">Reverend V. Gene Robinson<\/a> of course is the first openly gay, non-celibate priest in a major Christian denomination (Episcopalian). Is this an olive branch to the gay community after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/18\/AR2008121804205.html\">Rick Warren<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama InauguralBlog has released the lineup for the WE ARE ONE: THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, which will take place on January 18th (so soon!). Included in the lineup, besides a huge number of celebs and music artists, is the Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson giving the invocation. The press release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21379,21389,21756],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gay-rights-2","tag-gene-robinson","tag-rick-warren"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}