There is also to be a Benediction at the inaugural...

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Not to discount that Rick Warren is an abominable choice, but with respect to who is leading prayer at the Inaugural, their positions on homosexuality and same sex marriage are not monolithic...

If I've got this correct...Joseph Lowery, the person to give the Benediction, apparently is seen as an abomination the right wing social conservatives. The Benediction is the closing prayer.

It is interesting to note that the fundies dislike for Lowery specifically includes Lowery's _support_ for same sex marriage

This from the right wing Frontpagemag.com (http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=7F413AF3-811C-4A8F-A979-1C90812550B0).

"He also blasted his denomination, affixing his name to a petition calling his church’s position on homosexuality “spiritual violence.” (The UMC does not allow any ordained minister – heterosexual or homosexual – to openly have sex outside marriage.) He has also bewailed black opposition to same-sex marriage. “Don't ever let the Constitution be used to take away rights,” he thundered. “You can't say you're for equal rights and then make an exception.”