Warren to give invocation
washingtonmonthly.com 12/17/2008 — 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...
Obama Inauguration: Rick Warren To Deliver Invocation
huffingtonpost.com 12/17/2008 — Pastor Rick Warren, who hosted a Saddleback Church Forum attended by both Barack Obama and John McCain, will deliver the invocation at Obama's inauguration.
David Brody of CBNNews adds :
Pro-life pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at ...
Obama's Rick Warren pick irks liberals
swamppolitics.com 12/17/2008 — by Frank James
Well, that didn't take long.
The congressional committee putting together the inauguration earlier this afternoon announced that the program for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural would include an invocation by Rick Warren, ...
Ugh
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 ...
WTF?
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — Oh, Obama. We were getting along so well, and then he had to go and do something like choose Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration, who, not two weeks ago , was seen hanging out with Sean Hannity and mistaking the Bible for the ...
Homobigot Rick Warren to deliver invocation at inauguration
pandagon.net 12/17/2008 — by Pam Spaulding
I can understand the selection of Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, a revered veteran of the civil rights movement co-founder with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to deliver the ...
Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony
feministing.com 12/17/2008 —
Obama has chosen Rick Warren , the right-wing Christian author and pastor of Saddleback Church, to given the invocation at his inauguration in January.
Dr. Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life," will deliver the invocation. He will be ...
The Warren Invocation
balloon-juice.com 12/18/2008 — Obama is going to have Rick Warren give the invocation at his inauguration , and this has a lot of people upset. A sample :
This selection is clearly not about “change”—it’s about making a high profile decision to give ...
Gay Group Calls Obama Invocation Pick A "Genuine Blow"
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 12/18/2008 — Joe Solomnese, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, has sent a blistering letter to President-elect Obama, accusing him of delivering a "genuine blow" to the gay community in choosing Rev. Rick Warren to give the formal invocation at next ...
Choice of Warren to Give Invocation Angers Gay Groups
voices.washingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — By Jacqueline L. Salmon Gay rights advocates are rallying in opposition to the choice of evangelical megapastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the inauguration of presidential-elect Barack Obama next month. Shortly after inaugural organizers ...
Why Rick Warren's Inaugural Invocation Will Anger Many Conservatives
news.aol.com 12/18/2008 — Barack Obama' s decision to have Rick Warren deliver the invocation at his inauguration will surely be greeted by many as the triumph of bipartisanship and post-partisan politics. Predictably, this move is sure to anger some of Obama's base who ...
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 ...
Obama to gay protesters: Rick Warren's my inauguration pastor pick
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/18/2008 —
No backing down whatsoever today from President-elect Barack Obama in the face of some strong criticism from gay and lesbian interests over his choice of Saddleback's Rick Warren for the invocation speaker at the Jan. 20 inauguration .
As ...
Obama's inauguration pastor choice draws 2 Calif. volleys
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/19/2008 — Dueling public statements released just moments ago almost simultaneously on the growing controversy over President-elect Barack Obama's invitation of a conservative California pastor to give the invocation at his inauguration on Jan. 20.
Just a ...
Some other 'bridge-building' invitees to Obama's inauguration
crooksandliars.com 12/20/2008 —
It seems Barack Obama's decided to invite Pastor Rick Warren, the noted homophobe, to offer the invocation at his Inauguration as a kind of "bridge building" gesture. Maybe he's able to look into his soul or something.
It's understandable, given ...
From The Department of Dubious Complaints —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
I’ll concede that those who are upset about Rick Warren giving the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration have a point when it comes to his views about homosexuality, but this complaint seems a bit beyond sanity:
I’ll grant that appointing a creationist to give the invocation is ...
Obama Chooses Warren to Deliver Invocation —
Drudge Retort
President-elect Obama's choice of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inauguration invocation has drawn a fierce backlash from gay groups over Warren's support for California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8.
Obama’s Inaugural Invocation —
Dean's World
President-elect Obama has chosen this pastor to give the invocation prayer at his inauguration:
Some people on the Left are utterly furious . For some reason I find it amusing. And, more to the point, I think it’s going to be fun to watch the people who’ve spent the last 8 ...
Oh, Lord —
The Reaction
By Mustang Bobby A lot of people are understandably upset that Barack Obama has invited Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his Inauguration next month. Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to perform the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture ...
Obama's Talking Points On Rick Warren —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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 ...
Rick Warren —
The Mahablog
There is much weeping and wailing on the Left today, because Rev. Rick Warren, God Nazi and pastor of the fundie Saddleback Church, will give the invocation at the inaugural .
“Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT ...
Gay Activists Mad About Warren —
Little Green Footballs
Barack Obama picked evangelical minister Rick Warren for the invocation at his inauguration, and gay activists are furious .
Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to perform the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives ...
Rick Warren To Deliver Invocation at Inauguration —
Queers United
The New York Times’ Katharine Seelye has is reporting that Rick Warren, the pastor at Saddleback Church, has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to deliver the invocation at the inaugural ceremony. This is the same Rick Warren who recently said that the relationships of his “many gay ...
I Was Actually Pulling for My Buddy, Glen VanderKloot —
The Moderate Voice
Rick Warren will give the Invocation at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration . VanderKloot, the inspiring, humble, intelligent pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Springfield, Illinois , whose daily emailed inspirations I often share with readers of my blog , gave the invocation at the ...
Liberal Group Slams Inauguration Invite for Rick Warren —
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Liberal action group People For the American Way said it is a "grave disappointment" that California Rev. Rick Warren will deliver the invocation at President-elect Obama's inauguration.
The Obama transition team announced Wednesday that Warren, who hosted a forum during the presidential ...
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