So, then, is this "tit" or "tat"?

Oh, goodie. Because if there's one thing that we need to be doing right now, it's fixating more on the people giving the prayers at inaugural events.

BREAKING: The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who became the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop in 2003 and last year entered into a civil union with his gay partner, will deliver the invocation for Sunday’s kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, with President-elect Obama in attendance. The event is free and open to the public. An Obama source: “Robinson was in the plans before the complaints about Rick Warren. Many skeptics will read this as a direct reaction to the Warren criticism – but it’s just not so.” Robinson has been referred to as “the most controversial Christian in the world.” A Sewanee graduate!

Mercy me and mine! The "most controversial Christian in the world"?!?

I love the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson. I was honored and thrilled to witness history when the Better Half and I attended his consecration. (I let him cut in front of me for coffee at the last General Convention, which is perhaps not as exciting a Brush with Greatness as it seemed at the time.) But the most controversial Christian in the world? Really? Huh. Might I remind the world community that Robert Mugabe is technically a Christian?

So, anyway, apparently this all makes up for Rick Warren. Hey, Robinson was in the works before the Warren brouhaha, so this isn't even a quid pro quo! Splendid. The party's back on. Break out the bubbly.

Now, what say we stop paying attention to all of this and move on to other issues?

Update: More here.