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Liars For Jesus
Eschaton —
Aside from the bigot part, Rick Warren is, you know, a liar. Warren claimed he supported Proposition 8 because of a free-speech issue -- asserting that "any pastor could be considered doing hate speech . . . if he shared his views that homosexuality wasn't the most natural way for relationships." That's some lying we can believe in, my friends. ...more complete quote: And the reason I supported Prop 8 really, was a free speech issue. Because if it had…. First, the court overid the will of the people. But second, is, there ...
Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
TPM Election Central —
... even if the two men are friends and the choice doesn't necessarily have actual policy implications.
After all, the decision really gives Warren an extraordinary platform -- not to mention yet another data point supporting the bogus notion that the radical Warren is some kind of "moderate." If the first black president doesn't mind him giving the invocation at his historic inaugural, how bad and bigoted can he really be?
More from Atrios, FireDogLake, AmericaBlog. and Steve Benen.
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Bigotry You Can Believe In
Open 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 in Lake Forest, California, will deliver the ceremony's invocation.
I believe this photo about covers it.
Rick Warren?
Daily Kos —
... a "redefinition" of marriage. He went on to say he's opposed to gay marriage the same way he is opposed to a brother and sister marrying (that would be incest), a man marrying a child (that would be statutory rape), or someone having multiple spouses (that would be polygamy). Pressed by Waldman, Warren said he considered those crimes equivalent to gay marriage. They couldn't find someone who didn't support Proposition 8, and who gave a bullshit reason for that support? And the reason I supported Prop 8 really, was a free speech issue. ...
Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-assassination pastor to give inaugural invocation.
Think Progress —
... 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 supported California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 and has ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... writes. Warren is accused of homophobia by AMERICAblog's John Aravosis for his support of California's anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8, while The Campaign Silo's ...
Obama Picks Pro-Life Homophobe Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Invocation
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... dinner in 'gay homes.'" And over at Firedoglake, this is rightly judged to be "another Donny McClurkin moment." Extreme Hillary hater Andrew Sullivan says: . . if anyone is under any illusion that Obama is interested in advancing gay equality, they should probably sober up now. (via) Warren is also pro life and pro lifers are rejoicing! John Aravosis is getting what he asked for. Hillary Rodham Clinton would not have picked a pro-lifer, nor ...
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.
The Warren Factor
Matthew Yglesias —
... 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 supported California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 and has ...
Why Do We Need a Rick Warren At All?
Firedoglake —
... But one of the byproducts of pacifying your critics in such a manner is that you wind up empowering some pretty unsavory characters. Rick Warren is a bloated, narcissistic egomaniac who got elevated in the last election because McCain and Obama shared the common goal of diminishing the importance of people like James Dobson. Warren is cut from the same mold, with just slightly less offensive packaging. He's a vicious homophobe who used the political power he gained from the Saddleback event to spread the lies that helped to pass Prop 8. ...
Barack Obama is a major league asshole...
The Reaction —
... think about heterosexual married couples who plan to not have children? Should they not be allowed to be married? Should married, childless couples be stripped of the rights granted them when they tied the knot? The honeymoon is over, Mr. Obama. Time to start acting like the forward-thinking leader this country and planet so desperately needs. Embracing Rick Warren lends legitimacy to his intolerance and is a huge step in the wrong direction. Hat tip to AmericaBlog, go there for more on the topic. Update: Huffington Post ...
Obama’s Choice of Rick Warren is Inspired
PoliGazette —
... The names that Warren is being called in the headlines of many major liberal blogs, including AmericaBlog where John Avarosis evidently felt no compunction about slandering Warren as a homophobe on the front page there, are completely out of bounds. ...
The ‘favorite lesbian blogstremist’
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... as an Inaugural speaker — and demonizing Warren as a “homophobe”because he supported Prop 8 — homosexual activists are showing the world just how empty their “tolerance” ideology really is. ... ...
