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Local gay chorus to sing at inaugural event
Obama, Biden to attend Sunday performance
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Jan. 12 at 1:37 PM Jan. 12 at 1:37 PM
A local gay men?s chorus has been invited to perform as part of President-elect Barack Obama?s inauguration ceremonies next week, according to a statement from the group.

The Gay Men?s Chorus of Washington will perform during a pre-inauguration event Sunday that will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial. Among the 800,000 attendees expected at the concert are Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, the statement says.

Taunee Grant, a chorus spokesperson, said HBO, which will broadcast the performance live, tapped the group to sing at the concert.

About 100 members of the chorus, which consists of 225 singing members, will perform ...

Colorado Episcopals end moratorium on gay priests
Issue has split church nationwide
DENVER (AP) | Jan. 12 at 9:35 AM Jan. 12 at 9:35 AM
The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado is ending its so-called "period of restraint" on ordaining gay priests.

Bishop Robert O'Neill ordained Mary Catherine Volland to the priesthood during a ceremony at St. John's Cathedral on Saturday.

Volland, a longtime Colorado resident and partnered lesbian, had been a candidate for ordination in the Diocese of Minnesota. She will serve at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Denver.

The issue of gay priests has splintered the church nationwide. Beckett Stokes, spokeswoman for the 30,000 member Colorado diocese, said O'Neill had suspended gay ordination out of sensitivity for church factions strongly opposed to it. She says O'Neill is ...

NH bishop invited to pre-inauguration event in DC
Gay Bishop Robinson will participate in event Sunday
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) | Jan. 12 at 9:30 AM Jan. 12 at 9:30 AM

New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson will give a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for 1 of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events.

Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, will participate in an event Sunday to kickoff inauguration festivities. His selection follows weeks of criticism from gay-rights groups over Obama's decision to have the Rev. Rick Warren give the invocation at his Jan. 20 inauguration. Warren has backed a recent ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in his home state of California.

Robinson said last month the choice of Warren was like a slap in the face. He says he doesn't believe ...

Gay Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson has been asked by Obama's inaugural committee to deliver the invocation at the inauguration's opening ceremony, which is being held Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial.

David Glasgow, an openly gay candidate for Metro's 18th Council District, officially kicked off his campaign on Sunday, Jan. 11 by announcing he had secured more than 100 pledges dges totaling more than $15,000. Glasgow made the announcement to more than...

Protest scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17. Another openly gay employee has been fired from the ARTE' Hotel in Brentwood/Nashville and claims his sexuality was the main reason for his termination. Former Asst. General Manager Leonard Studdard's employment...

David Glasgow officially kicked off his campaign for a special election for the 18th district council seat on Sunday, Jan. 11 at Provence in Hillsboro Village. More than 50 supporters were present.

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Gay Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson has been asked by Obama's inaugural committee to deliver the invocation at the inauguration's opening ceremony, which is being held Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Openly gay bishop Rev. Gene Robinson has been invited to give a prayer during an Obama inauguration event

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