I couldn't be there in person, and I couldn't see it live on TV, but some kind souls have already posted the TEXT of Gene Robinson's invocation from the inauguration event today. Can't find any video yet. I have to post this link to Pam Spaulding's site so you can read it, because HBO did not broadcast it.
Update: here is a video, not from the "official broadcast" of the prayer
But here is this splendid video from the inauguration concert of Bruce Springsteen accompanying Pete Seeger singing ALL the lyrics to "This Land is Your Land" by Woodie Guthrie, including the angry ones. Pete Seeger is almost ninety years old, and he has never stopped, despite FBI persecution and blacklisting. So he sang for the children. Here's a clip from the documentary on PBS American Masters' series
In the squares of the city
In the shadow of the steeple
At the relief office
I saw my people
As they stood there hungry
I stood there whistling
A big high wall
That tried to stop me
A great big sign read private property
On the other side it didn't say nothing
THAT side was made for you and me.
Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking
Here's Woody Guthrie's version
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