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Does Obama agree with Rick Warren that "Certain body parts are meant to fit together"?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Hey, maybe Warren can explain his theory of body parts fitting together at the inaugural. He could do one of those football strategy diagrams on a blackboard for all of America to see first-hand what an evangelical Christian's definition of "civility" is. TIME's John Cloud uncovered this little ditty, and much more. Read his piece, it's brilliant: ...
Provocation of the day: Obama as Russell
Ben Smith's Blog —
Time's John Cloud writes:
Obama reminds me a little bit of Richard Russell Jr., the longtime senator from Georgia who — as historian Robert Caro has noted — cultivated a reputation as a thoughtful, tolerant politician even as he defended inequality and segregation for decades. Obama gave a wonderfully Russellian defense of Warren Thursday at a press conference. Americans, he said, need to "come together" even when they disagree on social issues. "That dialogue is part of what my campaign is all about," he said. Russell would often use ...
The Rude Pundit — ... Really, Barack Obama? You really want Tubby the Preacher from the incredibly homoerotic-sounding Saddleback Church to give the invocation at your inauguration? Sure, yeah, he caught hell from evangelicals for allowing you in his church, but that doesn't mean you have to return the favor. ...
Obama, Gays and the Radical Pragmatism of the Separately Equal
Swampland —
... all this now (from vacation, no less) because I think Obama's gay rights approach is at the heart of the backlash over his inaugural invitation to Rick Warren, a popular California pastor who opposes any sanctioning of same-sex unions. Those who have objected most strongly have objected to Obama's choice on fundamentally moral grounds. The selection, they argue, endorses something un-American. Would he invite a segregationist to speak? Would he invite an anti-semite? TIME's John Cloud compares the Warren invitation to the one-time adoration of Richard Russell Jr., the ...
