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HRC: Warren pick makes you question Obama's commitment to gay civil rights
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The president of the Human Rights Campaign, THE gay rights lobby in Washington, just penned an op ed for the Washington Post, to run tomorrow. It's online now. An important point to remember when reading this is that HRC, they're the nice gays. They're the guys in button down shirts and business suits. If anything, they're criticized in the gay community for being too nice to people like Obama, and other Democrats, who stray. So when HRC comes out as strongly as it has against the Warren choice, that should tell you, and Team Obama, something. They seriously screwed up on ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... More Caroline v Sarah. Whereas they are both flawed, with thin resumes, I can see why Caroline gets treated more seriously, even though she hasn't earned the slot. And while I'm at at it, me remind you what's wrong with Sarah: incurious, divisive and not clearly competent. But the biggest difference is the job they are/were seeking. Sarah's job requires a higher standard. Caroline merely has to hold her own intellectually with the likes of Inhofe and Kyl. Joe Solmonese: Rick Warren? Big mistake. Dick Meyer: As audacious ...

Barney Frank Rick Warren Statement: "Very Disappointed"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... an equal invitation to Senator McCain. Furthermore, the President-Elect has not simply invited Rev. Warren to give a speech as part of a series in which various views are presented. The selection of a member of the clergy to occupy this uniquely elevated position has always been considered a mark of respect and approval by those who are being inaugurated." And Joe Solmonese, the president of Human Rights Watch, wrote in the Washington Post Friday about his own disappointment: It is difficult to comprehend how our president-elect, ...

Barney Frank Rick Warren Statement: "Very Disappointed"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... an equal invitation to Senator McCain. Furthermore, the President-Elect has not simply invited Rev. Warren to give a speech as part of a series in which various views are presented. The selection of a member of the clergy to occupy this uniquely elevated position has always been considered a mark of respect and approval by those who are being inaugurated." And Joe Solmonese, the president of Human Rights Watch, wrote in the Washington Post Friday about his own disappointment: It is difficult to comprehend how our president-elect, ...

RICK WARREN: Hey Homos, Reign In Your Gayness!
Taylor Marsh — ... The interview with Ann Courie is stunning and this is only a tiny portion. It’s clear that even after the Donnie McClurkin kerfuffle, Obama invited what has ensued through elevating Rick Warren to preacher in chief at his inaugural. Aravosis has found ...

Obama, Gays and the Radical Pragmatism of the Separately Equal
Swampland — ... the Warren invitation to the one-time adoration of Richard Russell Jr., the segregationist Georgia senator who put a warm face on southern opposition to Civil Rights. Joe Solomnese, who heads the Human Rights Campaign, asks "[W]ould any inaugural committee say to Jewish Americans, 'We're opening with an anti-Semite but closing the program with a rabbi, so don't worry'?" ...

Time Mag Columnist: Obama Is "Very Rational-Sounding Sort Of Bigot"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... bigot. He is far too careful and measured a man to say anything about body parts fitting together or marriage being reserved for the nonpedophilic, but all the same, he opposes equality for gay people when it comes to the basic recognition of their relationships. He did throughout his campaign, one that featured appearances by Donnie McClurkin, a Christian entertainer who preaches that homosexuals can become heterosexuals. Congressman Barney Frank and the president of Human Rights Watch are among the many prominent gay Americans who have condemned ...

Time Mag Columnist: Obama Is "Very Rational-Sounding Sort Of Bigot"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... bigot. He is far too careful and measured a man to say anything about body parts fitting together or marriage being reserved for the nonpedophilic, but all the same, he opposes equality for gay people when it comes to the basic recognition of their relationships. He did throughout his campaign, one that featured appearances by Donnie McClurkin, a Christian entertainer who preaches that homosexuals can become heterosexuals. Congressman Barney Frank and the president of Human Rights Watch are among the many prominent gay Americans who have condemned ...