 Then in January 2013 GLAAD Director of Religion, Faith and Values wrote a piece in the Huffington Post including Marin on the list of potential nominations to pray for America at President Obama's second Inauguration.A few months later in an April 2013 review, syndicated advice columnist and LGBT activist Dan Savage referred to The Marin Foundation as "sneakily homophobic".Marin responded to Dan Savage's statements in a blog post, citing supportive comments from various people, including LGBT people.