andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/17/2008
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Warren says he believes that the Bush administration engaged in torture, as is now indisputable. But in his many conversations with the president, he never brought it up :
BELIEFNET- Did you ever talk to President Bush to try to convince him to change his policy?
WARREN - No. No.
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/17/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
Rick Warren hosted a presidential forum in August.
(CNN) — 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 ...
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Rick Warren to give inaugural invocation
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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Obama, at his presser today, defends the decision
to choose Rick Warren to deliver the invocation as...
his inauguration with a restatement of his commitment to gay rights and, more broadly, to the principles of unity that have been a hallmark of his ...
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Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree ...
youtube.com - 12/17/2008
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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-warren-surprises- nobody-his-support-prop-8"New Evangelical" leader Rick Warren comes out
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Rick Warren Endorses Prop 8 (video)
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Rick Warren the new Billy Graham?
Ben Smith's Blog —
The Saddleback pastor will deliver the invocation at the inauguration, the Times reports.
Warren remains well to Obama's right on social issues, and he's taken some recent criticism on the questions of torture and same-sex marriage, but his presence is a sign that it's never too soon to start thinking about 2012, and that the optics of the inauguration are more about reaching out than about celebrating Democratic victory.
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 ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/17/2008 — Rick Warren will give the invocation at Obama's inauguration. Warren is a man who believes my marriage removes his freedom of speech and cannot say that authorizing torture is a moral failing. Shrewd politics, but if anyone is under any illusion that ...
Obama's Talking Points On Rick Warren
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — Barack Obama's inauguration team has largely taken to the defensive after a flurry of protest erupted with the announcement that Pastor Rick Warren would be delivering the invocation at the inauguration.
Some of the criticism has been aimed ...
Warren: Bush Peace Award "Was Not About Peace"
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — Earlier this week, Pastor Rick Warren presented President Bush with the first International Medal of PEACE from the Global PEACE Coalition for his work on the global HIV/AIDS crisis. During the award ceremony, Warren ignored the obvious irony of ...
Rick Warren And The Ex-Gay Movement
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/19/2008 — I've been traveling today but sitting on the Acela and reading your emails and pondering the Warren pick, I've found myself both better understanding Obama's gambit politically and feeling more betrayed at the same time. I fought against the ...
Obama Picks Warren, Angers Gays —
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Rick Warren and Barack Obama at Saddleback
President-Elect Barack Obama has made the most controversial move thus far in his transition, naming far right televangelist Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. While this initially struck me as a brilliant move on his part, ...
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Barack Obama's inauguration team has largely taken to the defensive after a flurry of protest erupted with the announcement that Pastor Rick Warren would be delivering the invocation at the inauguration.
Some of the criticism has been aimed directly at Warren, whose views on torture, gay ...
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