Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not including Gene Robinson in concert special
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Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson (AFP/Robyn Beck) Sunday afternoon, HBO televised the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial — a concert planned by the Presidential Inauguration Committee — to kick off the festivities surroun…
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