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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 evangelical and founder of the Saddleback Church ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — 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 ... (more) Ugh
Rick Warren Not Satisfied with Making Abortions 'Rare'
christianpost.com — Attempting only to make abortion s “rare” is not much different than saving some of the Jews... during the Holocaust when all could be saved, according to megachurch pastor Rick Warren . “Of course I want to reduce the number of abortions,” ... (more) Rick Warren Not Satisfied with Making Abortions 'Rare'
Rick Warren Purpose of Christmas Interview
beliefnet.com — Steven Waldman Interviews Rick Warren Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of "The Purpose of... Christmas," spoke with Beliefnet Editor-in-Chief Steven Waldman at the offices of our partner, The Wall Street Journal. BY: Steven Waldman ... (more) Rick Warren Purpose of Christmas Interview
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Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... CNN Political Ticker via Crooks and Liars: His public support for California’s Proposition 8 — the measure that successfully passed and called for outlawing gay marriage in the state — sparked the ire of many gay rights proponents, who seized on a comment in an October newsletter to his congregation: “This is not a political issue — it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about.” But Warren has long sought to broaden the focus of the evangelical agenda to include issues like the ...

Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... CNN Political Ticker via Crooks and Liars: His public support for California’s Proposition 8 — the measure that successfully passed and called for outlawing gay marriage in the state — sparked the ire of many gay rights proponents, who seized on a comment in an October newsletter to his congregation: “This is not a political issue — it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about.” But Warren has long sought to broaden the focus of the evangelical agenda to include issues like the ...

I'm shocked, shocked that Rick Warren will be Obama's invocation speaker!
Corrente — No one could have anticipated that a candidate who has signaled — since before his campaign officially started — that he was going to cater to the Rick Warrens of the world would give a God-exploiting bigot like, say, Rick Warren a bully pulpit from day one of his presidency! Read more…

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Aretha Franklin to Participate in Inaugural Ceremony
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/17/2008 — Dr. Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church, Elizabeth Alexander, an African-American poet, and some of the world's premier musicians, including Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, will also share the podium with Barack Obama.
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 ...
Prop 8 Homophobe Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Benediction
oxdown.firedoglake.com 12/17/2008 — In another Donny McClurkin moment , magnified by the context of this historic inauguration, the Joint Inaugural Committee has chosen Prop 8 homophobe and noted religious nutcase Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church and Store™ to deliver 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, ...
Innaugural Speaker Rick Warren: Anti-Choice, Anti-Stem Cell Research, Anti-Marriage Equality. . . Anti-Obama?
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 12/17/2008 — 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 ...
Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony
feministing.com 12/17/2008 — 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 ...
Rick Warren to Give Inaugural Invocation
thepage.time.com 12/18/2008 — Obama's committee releases list of people participating in ceremony , including the leader of California's Saddleback Church. Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery -- who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. -- will deliver benediction.  ...
Not the Religious Left
weeklystandard.com 12/18/2008 — 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 ...
Obama defends choice of Rev. Warren at inauguration: ‘We can disagree without being disagreeable.’
thinkprogress.org 12/18/2008 — Yesterday, news broke that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church would be given the honor of delivering the invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. Warren has a record of deeply anti-progressive views , including likening gay ...
Priorities, Schmiorities: The Wrong Outrage on Pastor Rick Warren, Syria's Best BudDebbie Schlussel
By Debbie Schlussel By now you probably know how gays and assorted other left-wingers are outraged --outraged!--that Barack Hussein Obama's "gone rogue" on them and invited pro-life, anti-gay-marriage, New Age Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church. And, of course, the liberal ...
Obama's Rick Warren KerfuffleLittle Green Footballs
Barack Obama’s attempt to pander to evangelical social conservatives (or his attempt to “reach out” to them, depending on your point of view) has gotten him in trouble with gay rights groups, and today he’s doing damage control: Obama defends choice of evangelical pastor ...
Obama Chooses Warren to Deliver InvocationDrudge Retort
President-elect Obama's choice of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inauguration invocation has drawn a fierce backlash from gay groups over Warren's support for California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8.
Obama on Rick Warren: Let's come togetherThe Swamp
by Frank James At his press conference this morning, President-elect Barack Obama addressed the criticism of his liberal supporters who are outraged that he asked well-known evangelical preacher Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif, to deliver the invocation at his ...
Obama’s Rick Warren Invocation Pick Sparks Left And Gay FirestormThe Moderate Voice
Walking a tightrope in a time of high-stakes issues is never easy and it’s too early to tell but safe to say this: with his choice of prominent evangelical minister Rick Warren of California’s Saddleback Church to deliver the invocation at President Elect Barack Obama’s ...
Rick WarrenThe 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 ...
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Obama's first big mistake - Rick Warren Speaking at Inauguration Rick Warren, conservative author of “The Purpose Driven Life” book series and pastor at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Cal., will deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration next month. This is change? ...
California Proposition 8 Supporter and Anti-Gay Marriage Pastor Rick Warren Selected to Deliver Invocation at Barack Obama InaugurationFullosseousFlap'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 ...
Gay Activists Mad About WarrenLittle Green Footballs
Barack Obama picked evangelical minister Rick Warren for the invocation at his inauguration, and gay activists are furious . Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to perform the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives ...
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Rick Warren To Deliver Invocation at InaugurationQueers United
The New York Times’ Katharine Seelye has is reporting that Rick Warren, the pastor at Saddleback Church, has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to deliver the invocation at the inaugural ceremony. This is the same Rick Warren who recently said that the relationships of his “many gay ...
Bigotry You Can Believe InOpen Left - Front Page
Wow. 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. Rick Warren, the prominent evangelical and founder of the Saddleback Church ...
Obama Inauguration: Rick Warren To Deliver InvocationPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
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 President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration. ...
NYT: Aretha Franklin, Rick Warren Headlining InauguralHotline On Call Part Deux
The New York Times reported today that Aretha Franklin and Rick Warren , an author and leader of the Saddleback Church, are among the select few invited to participate in Pres.-elect Barack Obama 's Jan. 20 inaugural ceremonies. Obama has also selected Elizabeth Alexander , an ...
Obama Defends Rev. Warren SelectionWSJ.com: Washington Wire
Susan Davis reports on politics. President-elect Barack Obama has come under fire from gay rights groups and others since the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced Wednesday that Rev. Rick Warren will give the ...
Obama's choice of evangelical pastor draws ire (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Gay rights advocates are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama's choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, saying it shows disrespect for a constituency that strongly supported his campaign.
Inauguration: The purpose-driven controversy?First Read
The news yesterday didn’t seem controversial at first… “Aretha Franklin and Dr. Rick Warren, an evangelical minister of the Saddleback Church, are among the select group of people who will participate in Barack Obama’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony ...
O.C. pastor to speak at Obama's swearing-inL.A. Times - Politics
Prop. 8 supporter Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will give the inaugural invocation, a choice that angers gay rights activists. > Nationally known author ...
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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 ...
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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.