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Obama Inauguration Invocation to Be Delivered by Medgar Evers' Widow
Christian Post ^ | 01/09/2013 | Katherine Weber

Posted on 01/09/2013 2:13:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama's second public inauguration on Jan. 21, event organizers announced Tuesday.

Evers-Williams, 79, will reportedly be the first woman and non-clergy member to deliver one of the most public prayers in America's political history.

"I am humbled to have been asked to deliver the invocation for the 57th inauguration of the President of the United States -- especially in light of this historical time in America when we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement," Evers-Williams said in a statement released by the Presidential Inauguration Committee.

"It is indeed an exhilarating experience to have the distinct honor of representing that era," she added.

President Obama will be officially sworn in to his second term in office on Jan. 20 in a private ceremony, and the public ceremony including the invocation and benediction will take place on Jan. 21, on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Evers-Williams' prayer will come at the beginning of the Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony, while evangelical pastor Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion movement, which teaches students about human trafficking, will deliver the benediction.

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To: 1010RD
But, in Obama's continued quest to promote racial healing and bring the country together, they have invited one of Bull Connor's surviving kin also.

He will be in the cage for the dunking contest.

To promote healing, of course.

/sarc


21 posted on 01/09/2013 4:13:47 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: SeekAndFind

I won’t be watching as I have a sock drawer that needs rearranged.


22 posted on 01/09/2013 4:23:19 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: SeekAndFind; Revolting cat!

This is Obama’s third time being sworn in as president. Think he’ll flub it again?


23 posted on 01/10/2013 11:04:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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