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Why Rick Warren's Inaugural Invocation Will Anger Many Conservatives
Politics Daily —
... Predictably, this move is sure to anger some of Obama's base who might view having an Evangelical pro-Life Pastor play such a prominent role in Obama's inauguration as a slap in the face. ...
Rick Warren??
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... And this is the guy Barack Obama has chosen to give the invocation at his inauguration? A man whose views stand in stark contrast to the ones held by the tens of millions of Americans who elected Obama? ...
Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher to give the invocation at inaugural
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Gee, maybe Donnie McClurkin wasn't a fluke. Picking Rick Warren to give THE invocation is abominable. I'm doing my research and will be updating this post in a minute. ...
Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Well, this
tears it.
CNN labeled Warren "America’s pastor" a while back. That he was also
the guest preacher for the Clinton Global Initiative is equally appalling. But
this latest move brings back the first big cringe worthy moment I got from Barack
Obama back in 2006, which was when he lectured Democrats on faith. It looks like we’re set
to tangle
on this issue again. ...
Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
TPM Election Central —
... This isn't going to help dispel the "Obama stiff-arming liberals" narrative. The news today that bigoted pastor Rick Warren is going to give the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration is sparking an uproar on the left, with the latest being that the venerable liberal group People For The American Way is sharply condemning the decision. ...
Fait Diver: Respect
David E's Fablog —
by David E | (Visited 116 times) Barry SHIT! :“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 evangelical and founder of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, will deliver the ceremony’s invocation. The minister hosted a presidential forum at his church last summer that challenged both Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain on a host of faith-related issues. Warren did not endorse ...
Obama hearts Rick Warren
Crooks and Liars —
Say,what?
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 evangelical and founder of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, will deliver the ceremony's invocation.
Right Wing Watch outlines many of the reasons why he should not have been asked to perform this function. I guess Obama doesn't mind that Warren sandbagged him at the ...
I Was Actually Pulling for My Buddy, Glen VanderKloot
The Moderate Voice —
... Rick Warren will give the Invocation at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration. VanderKloot, the inspiring, humble, intelligent pastor of ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — WARREN AT THE INAUGURAL: ONE MORE REASON TO BE UPSET Yes, I'm disgusted that Rick Warren will give the invocation at Barack Obama's inaugural. I don't have much to add to the reasons you already know about. The support for Proposition 8 and the comparison of gay marriage to child rape, incest, and polygamy. The cheerleading for a strike on Iran in God's name. The declaration that atheists shouldn't hold office. The decision to let his pal Bush slide on torture even as he harangued Obama on abortion. I'll add one more ...
WTF?
Shakesville —
Oh, Obama. We were getting along so well, and then he had to go and do something like choose Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration, who, not ...
Rick Warren: The Wrong Choice
Comments from Left Field —
... Is he serious? Rick “politicians have to believe in God” Warren? Rick “cone of silence” Warren? Rick “Prop 8 is great” Warren? Rick “take out the evildoers” Warren? Rick “Dobson-lite” Warren? That’s the kinder, gentler hatemonger who the President-elect has selected to give the Inaugural Invocation?
I’m with Libby Spencer:
If there was ever a time to reach out to the side of the fence that didn’t ...
Whether it was cynical or sincere, I’ll give props to BarryO … [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
Whether it was cynical or sincere, I’ll give props to BarryO … [Darleen Click]… for choosing Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation, if for no other reason than it is ...
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. ...
Gay Activists Saddlebacked-- Rick Warren Will Give Obama's Invocation
Gateway Pundit —
Bummer. Barack Obama threw the gay activists under the bus today and chose Evangelical Pro-Life Minister Rick Warren to give the Invocation at The Inauguration. ...
L vs R: A Telling Contrast In Inaugural Reactions
Riehl World View —
... The news that evangelical minister Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at Obama's swearing in is actually the second inaugural-related announcement the media has robustly unleashed hoping to gin up passions among the masses, both on the Left and Right. ...
Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... that successfully passed and called for outlawing gay marriage in the state — sparked the ire of many gay rights proponents, who seized on a comment in an October newsletter to his congregation: “This is not a political issue — it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about.”
But Warren has long sought to broaden the focus of the evangelical agenda to include issues like the reduction of global poverty, human rights abuses, and the AIDS epidemic.
Read more ...
Why Obama Chose Rick Warren
The Next Right —
... 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 ...
Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... that successfully passed and called for outlawing gay marriage in the state — sparked the ire of many gay rights proponents, who seized on a comment in an October newsletter to his congregation: “This is not a political issue — it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about.”
But Warren has long sought to broaden the focus of the evangelical agenda to include issues like the reduction of global poverty, human rights abuses, and the AIDS epidemic.
Read more
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Oh, Lord
The Reaction —
By Mustang Bobby A lot of people are understandably upset that Barack Obama has invited Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his Inauguration next month. Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to perform the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that – in the wake of a gay marriage ban in California – is looking for a fight. Rick Warren, the senior pastor ...
Barack Obama is a major league asshole...
The Reaction —
Guest Post by Ted ...for choosing homophobic Proposition H8te-supporting minister Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation. Here's an ad that Warren made supporting Proposition H8te: Seriously? Warren and his "we're not homophobes but gay people should not be allowed to marry" crowd keep talking about the biblical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. How many wives did the biblical big guys have? Samuel 12:7-8 "And ...
Barack Obama and I Now Have Something in Common . . .
Patterico's Pontifications —
We’ve both been Atrios’s Wanker of the Day.
(Atrios is mad at Obama over the whole Rick Warren thing.)
I have two questions for the Obama people who are shocked by the fact that Obama has picked Prop-8-supporting minister Rick Warren to do the inaugural invocation:
1) When Obama said he opposed gay marriage, did you believe him?
2) When Obama sat and listened to a bigoted preacher for 20 years, and then said he didn’t subscribe to any of the preacher’s hate-filled ideas, did you believe him?
