So now there's also a "post-inaugural prayer service at National Cathedral"...

[MADem]

79. Funny how they aren't, though.

It's his day, and his faith.

When an atheist is President, he or she can eschew the invocation/benediction in favor of someone hectoring them that they're all gonna die and the worms are going to eat them, if he or she would like. Or maybe go for a rhyming poem. Or a juggler.

Sheesh. Should the people who don't like the folksy stylings of James Taylor, and who instead preferred something a bit more meaty, like say, Meat Loaf, feel as though they've been "dissed" as well?

The ready enthusiasm for atheists to lump all "Christians" together into one borg is a bit amusing, too. Having known a number of military chaplains of varying faiths, I can tell you with confidence that they, and their flocks, can play that "waaah, we're outsiders" game too, if the "other faith" gets too much mic time at an official event.

No matter what Obama does, he's gonna piss someone or some group off. That's why he should please himself and to hell with the rest.

I found that I was able to "deal" with the few bits of the Inauguration that did not provide me with great personal joy and a sense of belonging. Not every aspect of the ceremony made me feel "included." I managed to cope. It can be done, simply by applying a respect for diversity and tolerance of differing views.