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Obama's Rev. Warren Inaugural Pick Sparks Gay Fury
Fox ^ | December 18, 2008

Posted on 12/18/2008 5:58:35 AM PST by NYer

WASHINGTON -- Aretha Franklin will sing, the Rev. Rick Warren will pray and more than 11,000 U.S. troops will be watching over inauguration ceremonies in case of an attack during President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in on Jan. 20.

But not everyone is pleased with the president-elect's selection of Rev. Warren.

Joe Solomnese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, sent a blistering letter to the president-elect, accusing him of delivering a "genuine blow" to the gay community in choosing the reverend to give the formal invocation at next month's inauguration.

"[W]e feel a deep level of disrespect when one of architects and promoters of an anti-gay agenda is given the prominence and the pulpit of your historic nomination," he wrote.

Andrew Sullivan wrote on the Atlantic Web site, "[It's] shrewd politics, but if anyone is under any illusion that Obama is interested in advancing gay equality, they should probably sober up now."

Liberal groups criticized the inclusion of Warren, whose "Purpose Driven Life" books and lectures have made his church among the largest in the country. People For the American Way President Kathryn Kolbert said Warren's support for California Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, should have blocked his invitation.

"It's a huge mistake," said California gay rights activist Rick Jacobs, who chairs the state's Courage Campaign. "He's really the wrong person to lead the president into office."

Washington Blade editor, Kevin Naff, called the selection "Obama's first big mistake."

A popular figure among evangelicals, Warren remained publicly neutral during the presidential campaign. He invited both Obama and his Republican rival John McCain to his Saddleback Church in Orange County for a forum on faith and public service.

As many as 4 million visitors are expected to be on hand when Obama takes the noontime oath from Chief Justice John Roberts on the steps of the Capitol.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gay; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; inauguration; neenerhijack; obama; perverts; rickwarren; warren
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1 posted on 12/18/2008 5:58:35 AM PST by NYer
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To: little jeremiah; wagglebee

Ping!


2 posted on 12/18/2008 5:59:03 AM PST by NYer ("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
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To: NYer

How un-gay of them.


3 posted on 12/18/2008 6:00:28 AM PST by Loud Mime ("Only the dead have seen the end of war" Plato)
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To: NYer

I guess Rev. Wright and Fr. Phlaeger (sp?) were otherwise engaged that day.


4 posted on 12/18/2008 6:00:33 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: NYer

While I’m glad they’re mad...

a Christian has no business bestowing a blessing upon a pro-infanticide presidency.


5 posted on 12/18/2008 6:01:20 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: NYer
architects and promoters of an anti-gay agenda

So they're admitting that there is a "gay agenda"?
6 posted on 12/18/2008 6:01:23 AM PST by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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To: Sopater

as with all leftist causes,

they try to assume the stance that they are the neutral policy,

and that everyone else is out with a radical agenda to change that policy.


7 posted on 12/18/2008 6:02:49 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: NYer


The Face of Gay Furry!

Wait. "Fury"? My Bad.

8 posted on 12/18/2008 6:03:12 AM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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To: NYer

Riot in the streets please!


9 posted on 12/18/2008 6:03:29 AM PST by sausageseller (http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/)
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To: NYer

But I thought gay people were always happy?


10 posted on 12/18/2008 6:03:34 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Queer buyers’ remorse setting in.


11 posted on 12/18/2008 6:04:05 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The main stream media lied - America died.)
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To: NYer

“Sparks Gay Fury “

That headline just has to be repeated!!!

I’m just trying to draw a mental image of “Gay Fury”!!!

Maybe Richard Simmons looking really, really mad and throwing things?!!?


12 posted on 12/18/2008 6:04:33 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I can't wait for January 20, 2013")
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To: MrB
While I’m glad they’re mad... a Christian has no business bestowing a blessing upon a pro-infanticide presidency.

Maybe a pro infanticide president has no business asking a Christian to pray for him.

But he did. We are commanded, as Christians, to pray for our enemies.

The presidency changes people. Let us pray it changes Obama.

13 posted on 12/18/2008 6:06:28 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: GodGunsGuts
But I thought gay people were always happy?

A common mistake: Same Sex Attraction Disorder.

14 posted on 12/18/2008 6:06:39 AM PST by 50sDad (On the Left, compassion is measured by intent, not results.)
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To: NYer
All for the 'One' and the 'ONE' for all. . .wasn't that O's message?

What is wrong with these people?

15 posted on 12/18/2008 6:08:10 AM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: NYer

As a Christian, I wasn’t very happy about this news.


16 posted on 12/18/2008 6:08:32 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: 50sDad

Your acronym even has a lisp. Very impressive.


17 posted on 12/18/2008 6:08:54 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

NO they are not, BUT they are always GAY!!


18 posted on 12/18/2008 6:10:02 AM PST by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: P-Marlowe

Pray for them, yes, but not by word or deed should we condone evil.

It certainly would be a different story if Buraq didn’t claim to be Christian. That whole “don’t judge” thing is about Christians judging non-Christians by our standards.

But, he names it/claims it, and supports an undeniably evil policy, so I’m going to judge him.

BTE, we do pray for him in our house, for his Damascus road conversion, etc.


19 posted on 12/18/2008 6:11:52 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: NYer
accusing him of delivering a "genuine blow" to the gay community

LOL.
20 posted on 12/18/2008 6:11:52 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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