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Innaugural Speaker Rick Warren: Anti-Choice, Anti-Stem Cell Research, Anti-Marriage Equality. . . Anti-Obama?
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 12/17/2008
Innaugural Speaker Rick Warren: Anti-Choice, Anti-Stem Cell Research, Anti-Marriage Equality. . . Anti-Obama?
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Rick Warren of Saddleback Church has been tapped by Obama to give the inaugural invocation. WTF? Rick Warren? He's basically James Dobson in Dr Phil's goatee. In 2004 Warren declared that marriage, reproductive choice, and stem cell research were "non-negotiable" issues of Christian ...
Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-assassination pastor to give inaugural invocation.
thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-assassination pastor to give inaugural invocation.
— thinkprogress.org — Pastor Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20. While he is a recognizable celebrity and best-selling author, Warren also advocates a number of deeply anti-progressive views. He ... (more) Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-assassination pastor to give ...

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Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony
feministing.com - 12/17/2008
Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony
— feministing.com — Obama has chosen Rick Warren , the right-wing Christian author and pastor of Saddleback Church, to given the invocation at his inauguration in January. Dr. Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life," will deliver the invocation. He will be ... (more) Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for ...

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rightwingwatch.org - 12/17/2008
Rick Warren Surprises Nobody With His Support of Prop 8
— rightwingwatch.org — Rick Warren is often considered one of the most influential leaders of the so-called "New Evangelical" movement that is working to expand the evangelical agenda beyond its anti-gay, anti-abortion traditions to embrace things like ... (more) Rick Warren Surprises Nobody With His Support of Prop 8

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Taylor Marsh:  Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham

News:  DAY'S END ROUNDUP

Firedoglake:  Early Morning Swim: Special Rick Freaking Warren?! Edition

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Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham
Taylor Marsh — ... surprised he picked Warren tells you where I think Obama is heading and he’s not even been inaugurated yet. He’s made few happy with this one, however. It’s like Obama decided purposefully to give liberals the finger. It’s not gone unnoticed by other Obama supporters either. "Ugh," says Andrew Sullivan, feeling the same as I do, that Obama giving a nod to "Christianists" is a horrific omen. Todd Beeton: "Spit in the Eye." Oh Puke!, just about says it all. Firedoglake: Prop 8 Homophobe Rick Warren to ...

DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... for his support of California's anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8, while The Campaign Silo's Lisa Derrick notes that Warren has opposed Obama's stances on abortion and stem cell research. Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. Samir Sumaida'ie laid a smackdown on CODEPINK protesters at a recent news conference when several members of the group showed up with signs in support of the journalist, ...

Early Morning Swim: Special Rick Freaking Warren?! Edition
Firedoglake — ... I really don't know what they're thinking. FDL's coverage here, here, here,  and here. HRC is not pleased. Neither is People for the American Way. Well, pretty much no one is. I mean no one. Least of all, Aravosis. And look, another Republican for Obama's cabinet! And another Clintonite. Plus, something for Rick Lowry to be excited about.

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Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher to give the invocation at inaugural
americablog.com 12/17/2008 — Gee, maybe Donnie McClurkin wasn't a fluke. Picking Rick Warren to give THE invocation is abominable . I'm doing my research and will be updating this post in a minute. Rick Warrens eats with gays But hey, Rick Warren says being gay isn't the ...
Rick Warren To Give Invocation At The Inauguration; John Williams, Aretha, Yo-Yo MA, I. Perlman, Too
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 12/17/2008 — Here's a bit of a surprise: Dr. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will give the formal invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration.  The good pro-life theologian first met Obama in 2006 at a Saddleback AIDS forum in California. Obama used the ...
Obama Inauguration: Rick Warren To Deliver Invocation
huffingtonpost.com 12/17/2008 — Pastor Rick Warren, who hosted a Saddleback Church Forum attended by both Barack Obama and John McCain, will deliver the invocation at Obama's inauguration. David Brody of CBNNews adds : Pro-life pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at ...
Obama's Rick Warren pick irks liberals
swamppolitics.com 12/17/2008 — by Frank James Well, that didn't take long. The congressional committee putting together the inauguration earlier this afternoon announced that the program for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural would include an invocation by Rick Warren, ...
Ugh
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/17/2008 — Rick Warren will give the invocation at Obama's inauguration. Warren is a man who believes my marriage removes his freedom of speech and cannot say that authorizing torture is a moral failing. Shrewd politics, but if anyone is under any illusion that ...
Rick Warren is a major fail and a total affront
americablog.com 12/18/2008 — Throughout the campaign, there were a few times when I was irritated with the Obama campaign, but I have never been so angry with Obama and his staff. By choosing homophobic Rick Warren , who helped pass Prop 8 in California, to speak at the ...
Rick Warren, Warmongering Torture Apologist, to Usher in Era of Hope and Change
firedoglake.com 12/18/2008 — I really have no idea why Rick Warren was selected to give the invocation at the Obama inaugural . Maybe John Hagee was unavailable. The clip on the right is Warren cheering on Sean Hannity's call to "take out" those he deems ...
Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — This isn't going to help dispel the "Obama stiff-arming liberals" narrative. The news today that bigoted pastor Rick Warren is going to give the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration is sparking an uproar on the left, with the latest being that ...
Obama hearts Rick Warren
crooksandliars.com 12/18/2008 — Say,what? President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will feature big names like minister Rick Warren and legendary singer Aretha Franklin, the Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced Wednesday. Warren, the prominent ...
Rick Warren to Give Obama Invocation, Angry Left Meltdown Ensues
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 12/18/2008 — Frankly, I could care less who Obama has speaking at his inaugural. I know it'll take a superhuman effort to avoid any of the fawning media coverage when the time comes. Anyway, news comes that Rick Warren, who I couldn't have picked out of a lineup ...
Leah McElrath Renna: Rick Warren, Obama? Really?!?!
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — Progressive groups are decrying the choice of Rick Warren to deliver the Invocation at the Presidential Inauguration as "disappointing" - but it is far more than that. It is an act of spiritual violence against lesbian and gay American citizens and a ...
Why Obama Chose Rick Warren
thenextright.com 12/18/2008 — Barack Obama's selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural ceremony may seem like a nice overture - a reassuring gesture - to the middle and the Right, but it is stirring up a great deal of grief on the Left. This is exactly ...
The Warren Invocation
balloon-juice.com 12/18/2008 — Obama is going to have Rick Warren give the invocation at his inauguration , and this has a lot of people upset. A sample : This selection is clearly not about “change”—it’s about making a high profile decision to give ...
So Obama has chosen Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration ceremony.
althouse.blogspot.com 12/18/2008 — How interesting! A clever choice. It made me go to go back to my notes on the Saddleback Forum, the hour-long interviews that Obama and McCain gave to Rick Warren back in August. I liked Warren's style and thought Obama had a good little talk with ...
Rick Warren?
dailykos.com 12/18/2008 — Rick Warren is offering a prayer at the inauguration of Barack Obama? Was there some reason the transition team couldn't find someone who wasn't a homophobe ? Warren dodged Waldman's question about whether he supported civil unions or domestic ...
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — Obama, at his presser today, defends the decision to choose Rick Warren to deliver the invocation as his inauguration with a restatement of his commitment to gay rights and, more broadly, to the principles of unity that have been a hallmark of his ...
Obama tries to explain Rick Warren
crooksandliars.com 12/18/2008 — (h/t FDL) Here's what Obama had to say about Rick Warren: Mr. Obama himself responded to the growing controversy when prompted by a question during a news conference today designed to announce a trio of financial regulators. The president-elect ...
Obama Defends Rick Warren Pick
blogs.abcnews.com 12/18/2008 — ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: At this morning’s press conference at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, President-elect Obama was asked about his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his swearing-in during the inauguration - a choice...
MORE ON RICK WARREN: By giving Warren a platform, Obama is not endorsing his views–but he is say…
pajamasmedia.com 12/19/2008 — MORE ON RICK WARREN: By giving Warren a platform, Obama is not endorsing his views–but he is saying that those views are a legitimate part of the national conversation. That’s not a snub of liberals. But it is a swipe at one type of ...
Rick Warren Hates Atheists, Like Me
openleft.com 12/19/2008 — Left-wing pressure seems to have dubious effect , so here are some right-wing atheists upset with Rick Warren : Too bad Rick Warren isn't so open-minded. After his over-hyped and intrusive interviews of Obama and John McCain this last August, the ...
Obama, Rick Warren and Gay Marriage — The Corner on National Review Online
I have a new story up on the flap over Barack Obama's decision to invite Rick Warren to give the invocation at the Obama inauguration. "Define marriage," Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama at the "Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency," held last August at Warren's Saddleback Church in ...
Obama Defends Homophobe Rick Warren (Video) — Tennessee Guerilla Women
Here's the video of President-Elect Obama defending his choice to have a bigot deliver the invocation at the upcoming inauguration. According to Obama, it's about inclusiveness. And we wait for the KKK to be invited. Pastor Rick Warren is a supporter of California's Proposition 8. Pastor Rick ...
David Corn: Obama went too far — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
David Corn weighs in on the Rick Warren brouhaha. David makes an excellent point. The problem isn't that Obama talks to Rick Warren, or even meets with Rick Warren. Hell, if Obama wants to meet with Ahmadinejad, more power to him. But I don't see him inviting the Iranian leader to the ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, December 18, 2008 — The Latest on Air America
The Good (CNN political contributor Hilary Rosen characterizing Obama's pick of Rick Warren as a kick in the stomach to the gay community.): read more
Obama gets Rick Rolled: Warren to give inaugural invocation — Majikthise
Regretably Obama has chosen mega-church pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation. Noted religious right watcher Sarah Posner writes: "Now it has officially gone too far: Democrats, in their zeal to appear friendly to evangelical voters, have chosen celebrity preacher ...
The Rick Warren Choice: Offensive, Foolish, or Just Uninspired? — Swampland
From TIME's Amy Sullivan: Liberals are furious with Obama for asking mega-church pastor and evangelical Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his Inauguration. Conservatives are furious with Warren for accepting the invitation (just as they savaged him two years ago when he invited Obama ...
Barack Obama is a major league asshole... — The Reaction
Guest Post by Ted ...for choosing homophobic Proposition H8te-supporting minister Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation . Here's an ad that Warren made supporting Proposition H8te: Seriously? Warren and his "we're not homophobes but gay people should not be allowed to marry" crowd ...
Obama - Warren - Daily Kos — The Jawa Report
The leftist are in a huff over Obama choosing Rick Warren to give invocation at his inaugural. Daily Kos headlines this outrage: Rick Warren: Penis Regulator (With Poll!) The poll asks "How soon until Pastor Warren is outed as a...
5 Reasons Warren Blows — The Latest on Air America
President-elect Obama chose Rick Warren to do the invocation at his inauguration to bring Democrats and people of faith together, but there is a reason why this choice is pissing off progressives. We provide five after the jump. read more
Pardon of the Day: Rick Warren and the Gays — The Latest on Air America
Today with Rick Warren all the (progressive) rage, our pardoner in chief gets his "be free" on with the gays.
The Warren Factor — Matthew Yglesias
I’m going to outsource my version of the inevitable Rick Warren post to my colleague Matt Duss: Pastor Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20. While he is a recognizable celebrity and best-selling author, Warren also ...
Rick Warren — The Mahablog
There is much weeping and wailing on the Left today, because Rev. Rick Warren, God Nazi and pastor of the fundie Saddleback Church, will give the invocation at the inaugural . “Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT ...
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves — I Am TRex
Oh, come on, Barack, Rick Warren ? Rick Warren? Now if you’ll excuse me, I have 818 spam comments to mop up backstage.
Obama Picks Warren, Angers Gays — Outside The Beltway | OTB
Rick Warren and Barack Obama at Saddleback President-Elect Barack Obama has made the most controversial move thus far in his transition, naming far right televangelist Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. While this initially struck me as a brilliant move on his part, ...
Obama and Rick Warren: Gay Lobby Don't Like It — Politics Daily
Gay leaders furious with Obama: "Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans," the president of Human Rights Campaign, Joe Solomonese, wrote Obama Wednesday. "[W]e feel a deep level of disrespect when one of ...
Obama and Rick Warren: Gay Lobby Don't Like It — Politics Daily
Gay leaders furious with Obama "Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans," the president of Human Rights Campaign, Joe Solomonese, wrote Obama Wednesday. "[W]e feel a deep level of disrespect when one of ...
It seems safe to say that President-elect Obama doesn't give a damn what we think of the choice of Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation — DownWithTyranny!
"Rick Warren gets plenty of attention through his books and media appearances. He doesn't need or deserve this position of honor. There is no shortage of religious leaders who reflect the values on which President-elect Obama campaigned and who are working to advance the common good.'' -- ...
California Proposition 8 Supporter and Anti-Gay Marriage Pastor Rick Warren Selected to Deliver Invocation at Barack Obama Inauguration — FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
“New Evangelical” leader Rick Warren comes out forcefully in support of California’s anti-gay marriage amendment. Barack Obama has chosen the founder and senior Pastor at California’s Saddleback Church, Pro-Life, conservative Rick Warren to deliver the ...
Leaked Obama Transcript Explains Rick Warren Decision — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Huffington Post just published my first foray into writing a special piece for their site, this one on the Rick Warren controversy. Have a gander .
Obama Picks Pro-Life Homophobe Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Invocation — Tennessee Guerilla Women
Obama has chosen Homophobe Rick Warren to deliver his inaugural invocation . Warren was a big supporter of California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative -- outlawing gay marriage in California -- which passed on the same day that Obama won the election. Warren says he's not a homophobe. ...
Obama’s Choice of Pastor Creates Furor — NYT > Politics
Barack Obama faces criticism from liberal and gay rights groups over his choice of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. >
NYT: Evangelist to give inaugural invocation — msnbc.com: Politics
Barack Obama has tapped the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, a role that positions Warren to succeed Billy Graham as the pre-eminent U.S. minister.
Obama Selects California Evangelist for Invocation at His Inauguration — NYT > Politics
The role positions the Rev. Rick Warren to succeed Billy Graham as the nation’s pre-eminent minister. Aretha Franklin, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma will be among the performers. >
Obama’s choice of evangelical leader sparks outrage — CNN Political Ticker
Warren is founder of the Saddleback Church. (CNN) — Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential ...
Aretha Franklin to sing at Obama inauguration (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Aretha Franklin will sing, the Rev. Rick Warren will pray and more than 11,000 U.S. troops will be watching over inauguration ceremonies in case of an attack during President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in on Jan. 20.
Gay activists furious with Obama — POLITICO.com: Politics
Rick Warren, Obama’s pick to give the inaugural invocation, backed the California ban on same-sex marriage.
Rick Warren to give inaugural invocation — CNN Political Ticker
Rick Warren hosted a presidential forum in August. (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will feature big names like minister Rick Warren and legendary singer Aretha Franklin, the Congressional Committee on Inaugural ...