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Michelle Goldberg: Inviting Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at Obama's inauguration is a mistake
If nothing else, Rick Warren is a miracle worker in the realm of public relations. He is a man who compares legal abortion to the Holocaust and gay marriage to incest and paedophilia . He believes that Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other non-Christians are going to spend eternity ...
Pro-Lifers Rip Rick Warren on Obama Invocation
cbn.com — So let me get straight to the point. Liberals and gay activists aren t happy with Barack... Obama for choosing pro-life and prop 8 supporting pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at Obama s inaugural. But pro-life readers seem to be equally upset at ... (more) Pro-Lifers Rip Rick Warren on Obama Invocation
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree ...
Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real Rift With Progressives
huffingtonpost.com — Ever since Barack Obama took office, the media has been pining to write a story about liberal... dissatisfaction with his transition efforts. By and large, the meme has been blown out of proportion, as the press overestimated how divisive Obama's ... (more) Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real ...
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Mysteriouser and Mysteriouser
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES — ... Who the invocation speaker is might ultimately not matter very much, of course, and I'm not criticizing the Warren choice as some indication of what Obama will do in his administration. But I'm concerned about the choice nevertheless, because these choices are meant as signals. So what is the signal? And to whom? ...

Obama gets Rick Rolled: Warren to give inaugural invocation
Majikthise — ... in a pastor's robe--well, actually, in a non-threatening Hawaiian shirt and chinos. By "lobbyist" I mean he takes people's money to advance a worldly political agenda. ...

Bruce Wilson: Warren-Endorsed Nigerian Archbishop Backed Anti-Gay Laws Worse Than Pre-WWII Third Reich's
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Many sharp journalists, such as Michelle Goldberg, Sarah Posner and Max Blumenthal, are cranking their talents into exposing the angry underbelly beneath Rick Warren's carefully airbrushed and polished public persona. And, a number of political bloggers [1, 2, 3] have noted Rick Warren's support for the virulently anti-gay Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, but the story has lacked some needed historical context; In 2006, Warren publicly lionized (literally) Akinola three months after the Archbishop had endorsed legislation more ...

Rick Warren, moderate
The Reality-Based Community — ... are citizens, too, and deserve to have a public voice. Barack Obama may have done a smart thing by inviting Warren to give the invocation, if doing so helps de-mobilize the right . But ...

Bruce Wilson: Colson: Nixon Would Have Loved Rick Warren Plan, George W's In Too
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Rick Warren's "worldview" is not at all moderate, as journalist Michelle Goldberg observed in a December 18, 2008 UK Guardian, A wolf in sheep's clothing, ...

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