Gay Bishop, Queen Latifah, King 3 Headline Inaugural Kickoff Knight

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See, I was going for a chess theme there. I guess a gay bishop only prays diagonally?

The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the lineup for "WE ARE ONE: THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL." (If, by one, they mean several jillion):

Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation. Rob Mathes will be the music director and arranger for the backing band, which will support all of the artists. Additional performers will be announced as they are confirmed.

The invocation by an openly gay bishop may be seen as a response to criticism of Obama's selection of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation, but according to Politico, Obama's team thought of it way before that. Note also that Robinson is a Right Reverend. How does anyone get hired being a Wrong Reverend?

The event is free and open to the public, which means it's gonna suck, and it will be televised on HBO, which means we can all curse and show our boobs.

The star-studded occasion promises to be interrupted by star-studded readings of historical passages, which will mean star-studded, muffled voices through the port-o-john walls for most people.

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