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HRC president on inaugural platform
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. (Washington Blade file photo by Blake Bergen)
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign and a longtime advocate for same-sex marriage, was among the VIPs invited to view President Obama’s inaugural ceremony on the balcony of the U.S. Capitol where Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their families were seated.
HRC spokesperson Fred Sainz said Griffin was also among those attending the inaugural service at St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square early Monday morning prior to the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol.
In 2011, HRC became the first national LGBT advocacy group to endorse Obama’s re-election more than a year before the November 2012 election was held.
It could not immediately be determined whether other LGBT leaders or celebrities were invited to sit on the Capitol balcony for the inaugural ceremony.
Read more of our inaugural coverage at our 2013 Inauguration hub.
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Tim Gill and his husband were six rows back from the President, seated with the cabinet.
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