The Rev. Gene Robinson, a gay Episcopal bishop, will say a prayer at an inaugural event at the Lincoln Monument on Sunday, a gay and lesbian marching band will take its place in the official presidential parade, and a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls will be held in the nation’s capital before and after Obama takes the oath of office.

The inauguration should be about the historic new president, not gays. Hopefully, the inaugural event will not be transformed into a gay parade. As the Bete of Ivory Coast say, “Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.”