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Pastor Withdraws from Obama Inauguration over Anti-LGBTQ Views

HeadlineJan 11, 2013

A pastor selected to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s inauguration later this month has withdrawn following an uproar over anti-LGBTQ comments he made in the 1990s. Rev. Louie Giglio had come under opposition after it was revealed he called on Christians to fight what he called the LGBTQ movement’s “aggressive agenda.” In a statement, Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee said it was unaware of Giglio’s prior stance at the time he was selected.

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