The Cathedral's leadership has affirmed and defended its participation. So has the Most Reverend Michael Curry , Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. The choir will sing at the swearing-in service Friday, January 20, though individual choir members are permitted to opt out. And the Cathedral will host a prayer service for the new President and guests the next morning, as it did for Presidents F. Roosevelt, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, G. W. Bush, and Obama.
As regular readers know, I strongly dislike and disapprove of Donald Trump. I think his campaign was a clown show. I shudder to think of the lasting damage he has done to the Republican Party, and fear for what he may do to our nation.
Even so, I believe the National Cathedral made the right decision.
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