weeklystandard.com - 12/18/2008
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So the president-elect has asked Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. It’s an interesting decision. Warren, a Southern Baptist, is pastor of Saddleback, the evangelical megachurch in Orange County, Ca. When I was at the church in August for the debate between Obama and ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/19/2008
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Dish readers will know my own conflicted feelings
about the selection of Rick Warren for the Inaugural
Invocation. But feelings must at some point cede to reason. And I sense an understandable but, the more I think about it, misjudged ...
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Taking Yes For An Answer
huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real ...
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