washingtonmonthly.com - 12/17/2008
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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...
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
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/17/2008
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
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 ...
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Ugh
americablog.com - 12/17/2008
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americablog.com —
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. Rick Warrens eats with gays But hey, Rick Warren says being gay isn't the ...
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Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher ...
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Obama Decides to Christen Rick Warren the New Billy Graham
Taylor Marsh —
... Obama supporters either.
"Ugh," says Andrew Sullivan, feeling the same as I do, that Obama giving a nod to "Christianists" is a horrific omen.
Todd Beeton: "Spit
in the Eye."
Oh
Puke!, just about says it all.
Firedoglake: Prop 8 Homophobe
Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Benediction.
Feministing:
Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony.
Shakesville...
Steve
Benen... and many, many
more.
Nothing like the new ...
Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation
TPM Election Central —
... friends and the choice doesn't necessarily have actual policy implications.
After all, the decision really gives Warren an extraordinary platform -- not to mention yet another data point supporting the bogus notion that the radical Warren is some kind of "moderate." If the first black president doesn't mind him giving the invocation at his historic inaugural, how bad and bigoted can he really be?
More from Atrios, FireDogLake, AmericaBlog. and Steve Benen.
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WTF?
Shakesville —
... , was seen hanging out with Sean Hannity and mistaking the Bible for the Department of Defense handbook. And if that weren't bad enough, as my friend Steve points out: ...
12/18: Rickrolled
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Washington Monthly 's Steve Benen : "[W]hile Warren is certainly more tolerant of discussion than activist leaders like [James] Dobson and [Pat] Robertson , his beliefs ...
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Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery -- who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. -- will deliver benediction.
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