HBO says it will telecast “an updated version” of Sunday’s inaugural-related concert tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time, By “updated,” the premium cable network means it will include the invocation that had been delivered by the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the openly gay New Hampshire Episcopal bishop, at the ceremony’s start
Who made the decision to mute Bishop Robinson? HBO has blamed the Presidential Inauguration Committee. The committee has released a “mistakes were made” sort of apology that is inadequate to the offense and explains nothing.
Updated. Bishop Gene Robinson’s prayer was passed over by HBO and MSNBC and even though one speaker tower broke down, the prayer was clearly heard
Church Times reviews the year of news from a Church of England point of view:
The sixth-rated radio station in the Washington D. C. market is a tiny shop run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Is there a lesson in this for the Episcopal Church? Heck, is there a lesson in this for Episcopal Cafe?
The Rev. Susan Russell will be among those on Fox News this morning discussing Barack Obama’s decision to have Rick Warren offer the invocation at
Malcolm Gladwell of The New Yorker writes: “There are certain jobs where almost nothing you can learn about candidates before they start predicts how they’ll do once they’re hired. So how do we know whom to choose in cases like that?” The article focuses on quarterbacks and teachers, but what of priests? How can you tell ahead of time whether a candidate will succeed?
Lisa Miller, religion editor at Newsweek, contends on Talk of the Nation on NPR that the Bible’s models of marriage are flawed, and its lessons about love actually argue for gay marriage
A survey of more than 100 religion journalists has named President-elect Barack Obama Newsmaker of the Year for consciously seeking the support of the faith
“Right after the vote, everyone who disagreed with Robinson’s election was all over the media, protesting, holding press conferences. Those who agreed kept saying ‘no comment, no comment.’ The church, as a whole, had no story to tell. Interest groups and individuals had stories. Those who were mad at the church had a story. But the church had no story.”