FOXNews.com: Pastor withdraws from Obama inauguration after sermon on homosexuality surfaces

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Pastor withdraws from Obama inauguration after sermon on homosexuality surfaces Jan 10th 2013, 17:03 A Georgia pastor selected to deliver the benediction during President Obama's inauguration has pulled out of the ceremony after comments surfaced in which he described homosexuality as a "sin."  The Rev. Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, was announced as part of the inauguration program on Tuesday.  But the website ThinkProgress subsequently published a lengthy sermon of Giglio's from the '90s.  In the sermon, he purportedly said: "If you look at the counsel of the word of God, Old Testament, New Testament, you come quickly to the conclusion that homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle... homosexuality is not just a sexual preference, homosexuality is not gay, but homosexuality is sin. It is sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin according to the word of God. You come to only one conclusion: homosexuality is less than God's best for his creation."  Obama earlier this year became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage.  After Giglio withdrew, the Presidential Inaugural Committee claimed it was unaware of the pastor's past statements.  "We were not aware of Pastor Giglio's past comments at the time of his selection and they don't reflect our desire to celebrate the strength and diversity of our country at this Inaugural," committee spokeswoman Addie Whisenant said in a statement. "Pastor Giglio was asked to deliver the benediction in large part for his leadership in combating human trafficking around the world. As we now work to select someone to deliver the benediction, we will ensure their beliefs reflect this administration's vision of inclusion and acceptance for all Americans."

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