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Warren to give invocation
Political Animal —
WARREN TO GIVE INVOCATION.... Barack Obama is, for the time being, a man without a pastor of his own, so we knew he'd have to turn to someone else to deliver the invocation at his presidential inauguration. Unfortunately, Obama has chosen Rick Warren . Dr. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will give the formal invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration. The good pro-life theologian first met Obama in 2006 at a Saddleback AIDS forum in California. Obama used the occasion to press the evangelical pastors present to embrace "realism" when they considered the issue; preach ...
Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-assassination pastor to give inaugural invocation.
Think Progress —
... Pastor Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20. While he is a recognizable celebrity and best-selling author, Warren also advocates a number of deeply anti-progressive views. He ...
The Warren Factor
Matthew Yglesias —
... Pastor Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20. While he is a recognizable celebrity and best-selling author, Warren also advocates a number of deeply anti-progressive views. He ...
Obama defends choice of Rev. Warren at inauguration: ‘We can disagree without being disagreeable.’
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, news broke that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church would be given the honor of delivering the invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. Warren has a record of ...
Obama defends choice of Rev. Warren at inauguration: ?We can disagree without being disagreeable.?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Yesterday, news broke that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church would be given the honor of delivering the invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. Warren has a record of deeply anti-progressive views, including likening gay marriage to polygamy and incest. Members of the progressive community, including PFAW and Human Rights Campaign, swiftly criticized the announcement. Today […] Yesterday, news broke that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church would be given the honor of delivering the invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. Warren has a record ...
Hullabaloo — ... at Pandagon nails what else about this is so frustrating to those of us who've been out here battling with these people for years: It’s the wholehearted embrace of the old right-wing complaint that calling out intolerance is the actual intolerant act ... The right has just had their phony victimization validated by the new Democratic president and as you can see from the Freepers, they are thoroughly reveling in it. I also came across this little tid-bit about Obama's relationship with Warren from Mark Ambinder, which I found ...
