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Protestants Hold Inauguration Monopoly

Priests, rabbis have been missing from ceremony for 20 years

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 20, 2009 7:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama's swearing-in will be the sixth straight inauguration where rabbis and Catholic priests will be absent from the dais, reports Time. For decades it was traditional to have Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish representatives at the ceremony, but Billy Graham’s invocation (and benediction) at... Read full story »

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