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Taylor Marsh: Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham
pandagon.net - we are the public option: Homobigot Rick Warren to deliver invocation at inauguration
TPM Election Central: Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham
Taylor Marsh —
... and he’s not even been inaugurated yet. He’s made few happy with this
one, however. It’s like Obama decided purposefully to give liberals the finger. It’s not gone unnoticed by other Obama supporters either.
"Ugh," says Andrew Sullivan, feeling the same as I do, that Obama giving a nod to "Christianists" is a horrific omen.
Todd Beeton: "Spit
in the Eye."
Oh
Puke!, just about says it all.
Firedoglake: Prop 8 Homophobe
Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Benediction.
Feministing: ...
Homobigot Rick Warren to deliver invocation at inauguration
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... . No, it’s worse. These folks can’t claim they didn’t know where Warren stood on the matter of civil rights for LGBTs—why look, here’s Warren speaking out in favor of Prop 8 (h/t Teddy Partridge): ...
Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
TPM Election Central —
... can defend this one, 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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Rick Warren, Warmongering Torture Apologist, to Usher in Era of Hope and Change
Firedoglake —
... , said four California judges "threw out will of the people", and openly calls for the murder of a head of state -- but is completely unwilling to hold BushCo morally accountable for torturing. ...
Obama Picks Pro-Life Homophobe Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Invocation
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Obama has chosen Homophobe Rick Warren to deliver his inaugural invocation. Warren was a big supporter of California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative -- outlawing gay marriage in California -- which passed on the same day that Obama won the election. Warren says he's not a homophobe. Warren says "has gay friends and has even eaten dinner in 'gay homes.'" And over at Firedoglake, this is rightly judged to be "another Donny McClurkin moment." Extreme Hillary hater ...
L vs R: A Telling Contrast In Inaugural Reactions
Riehl World View —
... they might not prefer.
A worn Sullivan just wrings his hands acknowledging the betrayal in Ugh! But then all his energies have been zapped, what with him off chasing maternity questions in the foreign and un-American land he seems to think Alaska represents. Maybe his metro-sensibilities simply can't abide a place where men are men and even women shoot deer.
The rest of the Left is not quite so resigned.
Politico tells us the Left is "furious". "Homophobe" shouts homophobe-phobic blog Firedoglake.
At least Think Progress ...
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.
Salon Radio: Glenn Greenwald and I discuss Obama and Rick Warren
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... ), Warren is one of the most destructive—not only having been one of the most vocal supporters for Proposition 8, but also using the ...
Warren and Obama: We Asked, Will They Answer?
Firedoglake —
... The controversy over President Elect Barack Obama’s choice to have the invocation at his inaugural delivered by homophobic evangelical Pastor Rick Warren continues ...
