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Rick Warren
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES — Is to give the invocation at Obama's inauguration, maybe as part of the new inclusiveness: Everybody can be a Democrat now! Even a wingnut! It certainly seems that a social conservative is to be welcomed in this rather noticeable manner. You see, social conservatism only hurts women, gays and lesbians and people in similar categories, so it's nothing to worry about. Alternatively, letting Warren speak at the inauguration might be a way to give something to the social conservatives without actually letting them influence government policy. ...

The Divisiveness Of the Rick Warren Choice
Firedoglake — ... Note:  I'll be on CNN at 3:10 with Rick Sanchez to discuss Rick Warren.  If I do half as good as Hilary Rosen did last night on Anderson Cooper, I'll be delighted -- jh Sarah Posner on Rick Warren: ...

Obama’s Choice of Rick Warren is Inspired
PoliGazette — ... has inspired millions of Americans, represents American values - and American citizens - far better than the far-left zealots who are frothing at the mouth over Obama’s decision.  Is Warren-gate a plot to make middle America fall under Obama’s spell?  A final rejection of the mob-rule progressive agenda?  An act that finally tells us who and what Barack Obama really values? ...

Obama gets Rick Rolled: Warren to give inaugural invocation
Majikthise — ... Noted religious right watcher Sarah Posner writes: "Now it has officially gone too far: Democrats, in their zeal to appear friendly to evangelical voters, have chosen celebrity preacher and best-selling author Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration." ...

Not All Gays Have a Problem With Rick Warren
Pajamas Media — ... ” to march in a presidential inaugural parade. To be sure, the invocation is a much more significant than participation in the festivities following the official ceremony, but that inclusion does undercut the argument that the inclusion of Warren means the president-elect has excluded gays. The presence of that band won’t mollify some on the left. Writing in the Nation , Sarah Posner offers a similar assessment : Obama’s religious outreach was intended, supposedly, to make religious voters more comfortable with him and feel included in the Democratic Party. But that outreach ...

Bruce Wilson: Warren-Endorsed Nigerian Archbishop Backed Anti-Gay Laws Worse Than Pre-WWII Third Reich's
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Many sharp journalists, such as Michelle Goldberg, Sarah Posner and Max Blumenthal, are cranking their talents into exposing the angry underbelly beneath Rick Warren's carefully airbrushed and polished public persona. And, a number of political bloggers [1, 2, 3] have noted Rick Warren's support for the virulently anti-gay Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, but the story has lacked some needed historical context; In 2006, Warren publicly lionized (literally) Akinola three months after the Archbishop had endorsed legislation more ...