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Rick Warren, moderate
Rick Warren, moderate
Warren thinks stem cell research is so evil that "purpose-driven" people have to oppose politicians who support it. Torture, not so much. Warren thinks that my fellow atheists and I are automatically unfit to hold public office, because we're "arrogant" (unlike, of course, people who think they ...
Obama Should Act Like He Won
online.wsj.com — As we anxiously await the debut of the Obama administration, we hear more and more about the incoming president's "post-partisan" instincts. He has filled his cabinet with relics of the centrist Clinton years. He has engaged the evangelical pastor ... (more) Obama Should Act Like He Won
Sorry, No Details
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Lots of emails from readers asking about the chat with the president-elect this morning. It was totally off the record and I'm a stickler for those rules. I can say, however, the following: it's hard to express the relief I feel that this man will be ... (more) Sorry, No Details
 N.H. bishop invited to D.C. to give prayer
N.H. bishop invited to D.C. to give prayer
concordmonitor.com — New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, an outspoken, international gay rights leader, has been asked to give a prayer at one of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The ... (more) N.H. bishop invited to D.C. to give prayer
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Cause the preacher tells visions he sees
SteveAudio — Mark Kleiman, friend of ours, has a neat, tidy, concise dissection of the smarmy 'moderate' awfulness of Rick Warren: But Rick Warren is still a sick, twisted human being, and the smiling front-man for intolerably cruel and stupid policies. Intellectually and morally, he's several cuts below Jeremiah Wright (of whom I am by no means an admirer). Yet Warren, like his predecessor the Rev. Dr. Billy Graham, is treated with respect in the mass media, his many flaws airbrushed out of the picture. That's a problem. Indeed. Go read the whole thing. Oh, and the title lyrics are from Testament-"The ...

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