More on “Bishop” Robinson and the Coronation

This whole fiasco just keeps getting better and better. There is an article in the New York Times that deals with Obama’s choice of Mr. Robinson to give the invocation at some sort of gala event at the Lincoln Memorial.

The event Bishop Robinson will participate in is on the first day of formal inaugural festivities in Washington. It will feature a lineup that includes the musicians Beyoncé, Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder.

The pay cable network HBO will broadcast the event and provide a free signal so that nonsubscribers can also watch, said Linda Douglass, the chief spokeswoman for the inaugural committee.

Wow, Beyonce, Bono and “Bishop” Gene Robinson! How can I face my grandchildren some day and tell them I missed this event? It is even going to be free on HBO!

Bishop Robinson said he had been reading inaugural prayers through history and was “horrified” at how “specifically and aggressively Christian they were.”

“I am very clear,” he said, “that this will not be a Christian prayer, and I won’t be quoting Scripture or anything like that. The texts that I hold as sacred are not sacred texts for all Americans, and I want all people to feel that this is their prayer.”

Bishop Robinson said he might address the prayer to “the God of our many understandings,” language that he said he learned from the 12-step program he attended for his alcohol addiction.

Bishop Robinson said that his partner of more than 20 years, Mark Andrew, would accept the Obama team’s invitation to join him in attending several inaugural events. The two had a civil union ceremony last summer in a New Hampshire church.

Oh dear, what could be more horrifying than a Christian minister giving a prayer that is “specifically and aggressively Christian”. Oh the humanity! I can only guess what President Lincoln would think of a homosexual “minister” giving a vague, ecumenical prayer at a memorial dedicated to his memory. I assume that he would reject the attempt to link the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement with the radical homosexual agenda for normalization of deviancy.

I guess he can call himself whatever wants, and dress up in fancy, colorful outfits and such. His use of the title “Bishop” is no more meaningful than Joseph Ratzinger declaring himself the Vicar of Christ, or vicarious representative for Christ on earth, or an 18 year old mormon missionary carrying the title of “elder”.

What I have wondered in the past is what would motivate someone who clearly doesn’t believe in even the basics of Christianity to go into a professional ministry? I think what it really stems from is both a desire to cover his own unrepentant sin by cloaking himself in religious trappings and also a desire for attention. The NY Times article says that there is no correlation between the kerfuffle among the homosexual lobby over Rick Warren’s selection to give the invocation and Mr. Robinson being invited to give the post-inaugural prayer at the Lincoln Memorial. Riiiiggghhtt. Mr. Robinson got to play the aggrieved victim card when Warren was chosen and look concerned and wounded on TV. Now he gets to play the pious peacemaker and sophisticate for the media. I think he is the kind of person who might douse himself in gasoline and set himself on fire to get attention.

(Dr. Mohler also addresses the NYT article)