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Official White House photo: Second-term President Barack Obama
To mark the occasion of his second term in office, the White House last week released President Barack Obama’s new, official portrait. The photo was taken last month by White House photographer Pete Souza in the Oval Office.
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The 57th Presidential Inauguration: Obama delivers inaugural address
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday promised to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in office. Placing his hand on two Bibles — one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his first Inauguration and one used by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
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Obama, Biden take oaths in private ceremonies, begin second term in office
In two separate, private ceremonies, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were officially sworn into office, marking the start of their second term in office.
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Minister at inaugural advocated for D.C. marriage equality law
An Episcopal priest selected to deliver the closing prayer — or benediction — at President Obama’s inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Monday was one of the leaders in 2009 of an interfaith group of clergy that campaigned for D.C.’s same-sex marriage law. Rev. Luis Leon, pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette […]
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Air Force sergeant discharged under DADT to participate in inauguration
A former U.S. Air Force sergeant, who was kicked out of the military in 2002 and eventually went to work for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” will be one of eight featured “citizen co-chairs” of President Barack Obama’s inauguration on Monday. The “citizen co-chairs” role was created to highlight Obama’s first-term accomplishments with […]
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Episcopal priest to replace anti-gay pastor for inaugural benediction
The pastor of the Episcopal parish known as “the church of the presidents” will give the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
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Pastor withdraws from inauguration after audio of anti-gay sermon surfaces
The pastor chosen to deliver the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration has withdrawn from the ceremony after a recording surfaced Wednesday of a vehemently anti-gay sermon he delivered in the mid-1990’s.
The Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta said in a statement he withdrew because it was likely that the “prayer I would offer will be dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration.”
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Pastor selected for inaugural benediction under fire for ‘rabidly anti-LGBT views’
The Georgia pastor selected by President Barack Obama to deliver the benediction at his second-term inauguration has come under fire for an anti-gay sermon in which he advocated for “ex-gay” therapy, and made references to biblical passages often interpreted as advocating for the execution of gays.
Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta — whose selection was announced Tuesday by the Presidential Inauguration Committee — reportedly delivered a sermon in the mid-1990s in which he preached “rabidly anti-LGBT views,” according to…
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Openly gay, Latino poet selected to read original poem at Obama’s inauguration
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday that openly gay poet Richard Blanco will be one of five people selected to read an original poem at a President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration. Blanco, 44, will be the first Latino, first gay man, and youngest person to serve the role.