motherjones.com - 12/18/2008
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This one puzzles.
Rick Warren is the pastor of the California-based megachurch known as Saddleback and the author of super-bestseller The Purpose Driven Life . He wins plaudits from mainstream media types and Very Serious People because he is trying to expand the evangelical community's ...
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?
pensitoreview.com - 12/19/2008
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pensitoreview.com —
You don’t have to dig too deep to
find bigoted statements by Rick Warren, the homophobe who...
is Obama’s new BFF. Just last week in a video interview, Warren compared gay marriage to incest and pedophilia: RICK WARREN: But the issue to me ...
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Rick Warren Compares Gay Marriage to Incest, Pedophila
time.com - 12/19/2008
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time.com —
About three years ago, a reporter at Fortune
asked Rick Warren the successful pastor whom the...
President-elect has asked to pray at his inauguration about homosexuality. "I'm no homophobic guy," Warren said. His proof? He had dined with gays; he ...
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The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama
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With Rick Warren, Has Obama Gone Too Far as Co-opter-in-Chief?
David Corn —
... That might still be the case. But what to make of Obama's decision to hand over a slice of his inauguration to Rick Warren, the best-selling evangelical leader? ...
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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 ...
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Why Obama Chose Rick Warren
thenextright.com 12/18/2008 — Barack Obama's selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural ceremony may seem like a nice overture - a reassuring gesture - to the middle and the Right, but it is stirring up a great deal of grief on the Left.
This is exactly ...
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday Dec. 18th, 2008 —
CNN Political Ticker 12/18/2008
CNN: Obama's inaugural choice sparks outrage
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 inauguration ...
Obama Defends Rev. Warren Selection —
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 —
First Read 12/18/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- The $50 billion Bernard Madoff scandal that has rocked New York took center stage here at Obama's press conference this morning, as the president-elect pointed to the massive Ponzi scheme as another indication ...
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