Episcopal bishop
Gene Robinson appeared on The Rachel Maddow
Show Wednesday night and discussed President-elect
Obama, the Rick Warren controversy, and other topics with
the MSNBC host. Robinson, the gay bishop of New
Hampshire, will give the opening invocation at Obama's
inaugural festivities this Sunday and said -- once
again -- that he's disappointed in the incoming president's
selection of Warren to conduct a prayer on
Inauguration Day.
"You know, being
a supporter of Barack Obama doesn't mean that we don't
critique certain decisions that he might make," Robinson
told Maddow. "And so many of us in the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender community, we're just
stunned, really, by this choice."
However, he
added, "in the intervening days, it appears that Barack
Obama is being the person he told us he was and that he
intended to be, by including all voices in this
inauguration and, indeed, in his administration."
Later in the
segment, Robinson compared the inclusive spirit of Jesus
with that of the president-elect. "No one had a bigger tent
than Jesus," the bishop said, adding, "That sort of
vision, I believe, is Barack Obama's vision as well.
And I long for a government that respects the dignity
of every human being, especially those who are less
fortunate."
In addition to
delivering the invocation on Sunday, Robinson said he'd be
participating in Obama's swearing-in on Tuesday and
attending other inaugural events. (Advocate.com)
