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latimes.com - 12/22/2008
Rick Warren is an insulting choice - Los Angeles Times
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To understand how angry and disappointed many Democrats are that Barack Obama has invited evangelical preacher Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural, imagine if a President-elect John McCain had offered this unique honor to the Rev. Al Sharpton -- or the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/23/2008
Richard Cohen - Obama's Choice of Rick Warren Ruined a Party
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Richard Cohen - Obama's Choice of Rick Warren Ruined a ...

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Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site
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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Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com - 12/23/2008
Hullabaloo
— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Monday, December 22, 2008 One Way Street by digby I saw something very interesting today on MSNBC.... Barnicle, filling in for Matthews on Hardball , hosted Reverend Eugene Rivers, a well respected, uncontroversial African American preacher, and Mike ... (more) Hullabaloo

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Wizbang:  It's hard to be a Healer

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Sandip Roy: Gays and Rick Warren Could Come Together?

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It's hard to be a Healer
Wizbang — ... broken. To the horror of gay rights activists, Warren explained his beliefs by likening the barrier surrounding marriage to other important societal barriers that forbid things like incest and underage sexual relationships. And, God forbid, he also opposes abortion, and believes that supporters of unlimited reproductive rights might very well espouse some of the same evil -- masquerading as good -- that motivated the leaders of Nazi Germany. So he is a HATER and he OPPOSES CHOICE and he must be utterly ostracized by anyone who believes in choice and tolerance. Unbelievably, ...

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The Sideshow — ... for drawing my attention to this Katha Pollitt quote from the LAT: "Only Democrats, it seems, reward their most loyal supporters -- feminists, gays, liberals, opponents of the war, members of the reality-based community -- by elbowing them aside to embrace their opponents instead." Also: Yes, the guys at the American car companies do make a lot more than the guys at Toyota - no, not the union guys, I mean ...

Sandip Roy: Gays and Rick Warren Could Come Together?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Oh well. It could be worse. We could be Iranians. Warren at least doesn't want to kill the gays. He'll even give them hospital visitation rights. He just doesn't want them to get married to the Iranians? He told Sean Hannity he's ready to wipe them off the face of the earth. ...

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