So, did anyone turn their backs on Warren during the invocation?

[CTyankee]

I was searching the audience (or the littlepart of the audience that I saw in one shot) and saw mostly bored people...

[Lucky 13]

1. my friend, who was in DC, helped hold up a big rainbow flag while he was speaking...

...then went back to little American flags...

[stuntcat]

11. now that's cool!

great idea.

[keith the dem]

2. Doesn't matter, Rev. Lowery was such a contrast

that Warren looked childish and immature. After Lowery's benediction, does anybody even remember Warren...He got owned!!!

Kinda like the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals

[CTyankee]

4. You know, I never thought about it like that, but you're right!

The day was just so much more and better and brighter. Warren looked hopelessly like yesterday's mashed potatoes. A big nothing. Lowery was a giant...

[supernova]

3. I left the room

:silly:

His delivery was like Jon (I'm an ACTOR!!) Lovitz to me.

[MadBadger]

5. I did.

[XemaSab]

6. That one chick on C-SPAN

started snapping gum during the Lord's Prayer. :rofl:

[leftstreet]

7. Never turn your back on a snake oil salesman! n/t

[Mz Pip]

8. I unloaded my dryer

and foulded some laundry while he was doing his grimacing prayer. He was praying so hard he almost looked like he was in pain. A bit too much fake piousness IMHO.

[Cha]

9. I did but I was at home on my bed.

I was listening but then he got so boring that I had to mute and turn away 'cause he was very visually unappealing.

Jon Stewart had Rt Rev Gene Robinson on last night and he was great..dispelled some DU rumors, too.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=216541&title=Bishop-Gene-Robinson

[stuntcat]

10. I forgot

:blush:

The crowd around me could have been a church group or something, there were a LOT of Hallelujahs and Yes Lords!

[stewert]

12. I Changed The Channel

When he came on I turned it off and watched ESPN.

[ronnykmarshall]

13. I went to the terlit.

[Lucky 13]

15. !

:rofl:

perfect!

[bigwillq]

14. No.

I watched and listened. And I heard what I expected. And it still pissed me off. :mad:

[Kablooie]

16. Then you missed the girl that saw herself on TV. A great moment!

[riqster]

17. I put him on 'Mute'

...gotta love streaming A/V.

[jefferson_dem]

18. I was interested in watching the audience reaction to Warren's invocation.

There was no mass protest from where I stood near the Washington monument. A lesbian couple next to me voiced displeasure and turned their backs when Warren started talking but flipped back around to watch the jumbotron when they heard the rather innocuous tone of the prayer. I did notice a few rainbow flags held high.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

19. A man in front of me turned his back, but I didn't see many people.

It was nice because he still prayed along with Warren, bowing his head and closing his eyes, but his back was turned.

[Occam Bandage]

20. Not visibly. No protests, nor any cheers to speak of.

It was a complete non-event.

[CTLawGuy]

21. I didn't hear anyone booing

I was surprised

[SKKY]

22. Except for the rather creepy, Andy Dick-like way he pronounced "Sasha"...

...I thought his invocation was fine. Of course, I think everyone would agree that he would later be way, way upstaged.