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source of facts used http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_go_pr_wh/rel_inaugurati ...
There already talking about it. Rick Warren was surprisingly chosen by Obama to lead the inauguration prayer in an attempt to reach out to people of all political persuasions he said. Warren is a evangelical Christian and is expected to end his prayer in Jesus name which for some reason makes some people mad. The last time there was a law suit by atheist, Michael Newdow, who separately sued to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Then it was Franklin Graham leading the prayer.
Personally I would be very disappointed if he didn't end the prayer in Jesus name. If a pastor is asked to pray then it's silly to ask him to pray to any other God but his own.
From the link
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Billy Graham, now 90, didn't say Jesus' name during presidential inaugurations, but made obvious references to Christ.
At Richard Nixon's 1969 swearing-in, Graham prayed "in the Name of the Prince of Peace who shed His blood on the Cross that men might have eternal life." In 1997, for Bill Clinton's inaugural, Graham prayed "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
Leaders of other traditions with experience in interfaith work said they respected Christians who felt strongly that they should pray in Christ's name.
But they argued that a request for some modification is reasonable for a presidential inauguration, considering it's an event representing all Americans.
Imam Yahya Hendi, a Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University who travels to Muslim countries on behalf of the State Department, said that at interfaith events, he refers to Allah, or God, as "almighty creator of us all."
Rabbi Burt Visotzky, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism, said he invokes "God" for interfaith prayer.
"I know that for Christians, Jesus is part of their Trinity," said Visotzky, who has taught at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and at Protestant seminaries in the U.S. "For me as a Jew, hearing the name of a first-century rabbi isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's not my God."
In the end in my opinion hypersensitivity only limits freedom. It's time that we all realize we may have different opinions, but the way to handle it is not to ask others to hide their faith. If someone doesn't believe in God that doesn't make them my enemy. So why should they get all worked up over someone else believing even in public?
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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