The United States' President-Elect Barack Obama has picked openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to deliver the invocation at an inauguration event on the steps of Lincoln memorial this Sunday. Bishop Gene Robinson "They called up and said this has actually been in the works for a long time," Bishop Robinson told the New York Times. "It just proves that Barack Obama is exactly who he says he was and would be as president, which is someone who is casting a wide net that will include all Americans." Bishop Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. Some gay equality activists believe the decision comes as a way to compensate for Obama's choice of the Reverend Rick Warren - a key opponent of same-sex marriage - to deliver the invocation at his Presidential inauguration next week.
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First published: Wednesday, 14th January 2009 - 11:58am