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nytimes.com - 12/20/2008

Obama’s Choice of Pastor Creates Furor

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Barack Obama faces criticism from liberal and gay rights groups over his choice of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. >

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americablog.com - 12/22/2008

Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site

— americablog.com — Deny me three times, Rick? So Rick Warren pulled the anti-gay language from his church Web site.... The site used to explicitly ban gays from membership in the church. Now the offending language is gone , but you can still find the anti-gay language ... (more) Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site

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juancole.com - 12/21/2008

Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"

— juancole.com — I was in Long Beach,Ca. on Saturday for the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council... , where Pastor Rick Warren and I were both headliners . Also appearing on the stage Saturday evening were Melissa Etheridge and Salman Ahmad, singing ... (more) Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love ...

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latimes.com - 12/21/2008

Pastor Rick Warren addresses Muslim group, emphasizes need to find common ground - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — A council spokeswoman acknowledged that some members objected to the choice of the evangelical pastor as the... keynote speaker. "We're always looking to work with unlikely partners, and I think he's a new kind of evangelical," said spokeswoman Edina ... (more) Pastor Rick Warren addresses Muslim group, emphasizes ...

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The Saturday Word: Resistance to Views and Inconvenient Truths
The Caucus — ... some of the scientist’s miscalculations and “resistance to dissenting views.” Mr. Obama said he is trying to show openness to dissenting views by inviting the Rev. Rick Warren, who opposes gay marriage and abortion rights, to deliver the invocation at the inauguration. However, the move has p rompted backlash from gay and liberal groups. Inviting the pastor is especially stinging to that base in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban, in California (which the state’s attorney general, by the way, ...

Culture War's New Bomb: The Doughnut
The Caucus — Parts of the left continue to give President-elect Barack Obama flack for inviting the Rev. Rick Warren, head of the evangelical Saddleback Church in Southern California, to deliver the invocation at the inauguration ceremony. But some supporters of gay marriage are giving something else to Mr. Warren: doughnuts. The campaign stems from comments made by Mr. Warren, who opposes gay marriage, on NBC’s “ ...

Rep. Frank: Obama 'Overestimates' Ability to Unify
News — ... I've worked, frankly, with Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay, the current Republican leadership. The current Republican leadership in the House repudiated George Bush. I don't know why Mr. Obama thinks he's going to have them better than George Bush. "And so, to be honest, when he talks about being post-partisan, having seen these people and knowing what they would do in that situation, I suffer from post-partisan depression," Frank said jokingly. Frank and same-sex rights advocates have fiercely criticized Obama for picking Warren, an evangelical pastor who supported a same-sex ...

Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop to Deliver Invocation at Lincoln Memorial
The Caucus — ... , the openly gay Episcopal bishop who helped advise him on gay rights issues during the campaign, to deliver the invocation at a kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, two days before the inauguration itself. The move was seen among many gay advocates an antidote to Mr. Obama’s decision to give the Rev. Rick Warren , a prominent megachurch pastor from California who opposes gay marriage, the high-profile role of giving the invocation at the inaugural ceremonies on Jan. 20. Bishop Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, and his ...