huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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Barack Obama's inauguration team has largely taken to the defensive after a flurry of protest erupted with the announcement that Pastor Rick Warren would be delivering the invocation at the inauguration.
Some of the criticism has been aimed directly at Warren, whose views on torture, gay ...
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 ...
thenation.com - 12/18/2008
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thenation.com —
Now it has officially gone too far: Democrats,
in their zeal to appear friendly to evangelical voters,...
have chosen celebrity preacher and best-selling author Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration. There was no doubt ...
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What's the Matter With Rick Warren?
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The Left: This is Not the Obama We Knew
Weekly Standard Blog —
... He released talking points along the same lines, and I imagine he'll continue to be as dismissive of these questions as he has been about Blagojevich inquiries. ...
The Not-So-Right Reverend Rick
Swampland —
... I have no problem with Barack Obama asking Reverend Rick to deliver a prayer at the Inauguration. It will have zero--repeat, zero--impact on the policies of the Obama Administration. And it may do some good, especially if it gives pause to all those people who think that I--and the crypto-Muslim Barack Obama--are going to hell...If it causes those folks to give the new President just the slightest credit for appreciating their worldview, if it causes them to give him the benefit of the doubt on controversial stuff like talking to the Iranians or universal health insurance, then ...
The Rick Warren Kerfuffle and The "Tolerant" Left
Stones Cry Out —
... President-elect Obama has invited Saddleback pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation (i.e. opening prayer) at the inauguration. While Obama and Warren disagree on some issues, Obama says he wants to "create an atmosphere where we can disagree without being disagreeable." In fact, this follows in the footsteps of Bush’s choice in 2004, as the Huffington Post notes. ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 12/18/2008 — ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: At this morning’s press conference at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, President-elect Obama was asked about his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his swearing-in during the inauguration - a choice...
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(CNN) — 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 ...
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/18/2008
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 on Madoff scandal, Rick Warren —
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