On January 11, 2013, Giglio withdrew from the second Obama inauguration at which he was due to deliver a benediction after it became known in a sermon he delivered in the 1990s he urged Christians to oppose the "aggressive agenda" of the gay rights movement.
ˌɔn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi ɪlˈɛvən, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θˈɜːtiːn, dʒˈɪɡlɪˌoʊ wɪθdɹˈuː fɹʌmðə sˈɛkənd oʊbˈɑːmə ɪnˌɔːɡjɚɹˈeɪʃən æt wˌɪtʃ hiː wʌz dˈuː tə dᵻlˈɪvɚɹ ɐ bˌɛnɪdˈɪkʃən ˈæftɚɹ ɪt bɪkˌeɪm nˈoʊn ɪn ɐ sˈɜːmən hiː dᵻlˈɪvɚd ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z hiː ˈɜːdʒd kɹˈɪstʃənz tʊ əpˈoʊz ðə "ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv ɐdʒˈɛndə" ʌvðə ɡˈeɪ ɹˈaɪts mˈuːvmənt.