A prayer for President-elect Barack Obama will be delivered by an openly gay bishop in an inauguration event on Sunday which could help put an end to the controversy over an anti-gay pastor who will be giving the main invocation.
On Sunday, New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson will speak on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Obama's choise of Rick Warren, an evangelical pastor, to give the invocation is being critized by many gay rights advocates and Democratic Party activisits who supported Obmana. They said it undermined the Democrat's vows of inclusiveness.
Robinson said he believed Obama invited Warren because his prayer would help ease concerns among gay and lesbians.
Warren is a pastor of a megachurch in southern California. He is known for campaigning against poverty and disease, and also supported California Proposition 8, the state's ban of gay marriage passed by voters in November.
Obama wasn't neccesarily in favor of California's ban on gay marriage. He generally has said he is for equal rights for homosexuals.
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