andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/19/2008
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His statement:
"I commend President-elect Obama for his courage to willingly take enormous heat from his base by inviting someone like me, with whom he doesn't agree on every issue, to offer the Invocation at his historic Inaugural ceremony.
Hopefully individuals ...
time.com - 12/19/2008
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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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... Rick Warren has put out a statement praising Barack Obama for selecting him to deliver the invocation at the inauguration, and courting controversy in the process. "I commend President-elect Obama for his courage to willingly take enormous heat from his base by inviting someone like me, with whom he doesn't agree on every issue, to offer the Invocation at his historic Inaugural ceremony," Warren says. "Hopefully individuals passionately expressing opinions from the left and the right will recognize that both of us have shown a commitment to model civility in America." ...
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