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Rick Warren Obama Invocation

Obama's Pastor Warren Pick; A Bridge Too Far

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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Thomas de Zengotita

Obama's version of the game has always been bridge building. He's completely serious about reaching out, transcending red and blue, and etc. But this is a bridge too far.

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Shocking Rick Warren Pizza Story Update

Steve Young | Posted 01.22.2009 | Media

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Steve Young

(December 22, 2008) As Los Angeles Metblogs reported, the normally very reliable Rawstory.com picked up this column's "Rick Warren Likens Gays To Piz...

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7 Days: Green Jobs, Caroline Kennedy and Rick Warren

Mark Green | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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Mark Green

Is Obama's choice of Rick Warren another example of the president-elect giving conservatives the visual while later giving progressives the policy?

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Rick Warren: What Was Obama Thinking?

William Fisher | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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William Fisher

We can dialogue with them from now until the Rapture, but many evangelicals' ideas will still be anathema to most of those who elected Barack Obama.

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Beyond Rick Warren

Hilary Rosen | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Hilary Rosen

The power of gay people is not in our numbers, it's in the number of people we touch. It is hard work to convince people that when it comes to equal rights, we are all in this together.

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A Generation Ago, Rick Warren Would Have Made Obama Sit at the Back of the Bus

Alan Cumming | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Alan Cumming

Would Obama have been fine with saying his parents entered into a civil partnership? Maybe. But would he be fine with hearing that his parents' marriage was akin to a brother marrying his sister or a pedophile marrying a child?

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We Call on You Lord: Leaked Rick Warren Invocation

Linda Hirshman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Linda Hirshman

A copy of what seemed to be a draft of an inaugural invocation by Pastor Rick Warren arrived in my fax machine this morning. I've posted it here.

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Obama Was Right To Pick Warren

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

Progressives are too used to failing. Stop worrying about little battles, you just won a war. It's all about real results now, not words, and not symbols. It is time to think like winners.

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Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

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Choosing Pastor Warren: Callous or Cunning?

Trey Ellis | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

What if the Obama team is thinking more than just one move ahead on the chess board? What if they plan on actual actions to bring long overdue civil rights to the nation's last unprotected minority?

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Gay and Feeling Hurt by Obama's Warren Choice

Chris Durang | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Chris Durang

I'm trying to be open to the "we must talk to those we don't agree with" idea. Still, this is the first event of his presidency, and gay people's feelings seem so easily sacrificed by Obama.

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Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

The Rick Warrens of the world pretend that the Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman. But the Bible is full of men taking on second wives, prostitutes and concubines. And all the while, God heartily approves.

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Rick Warren and the Bad Old Days: They Aren't Over Yet

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

I wish progressives would get half as mad about today's Health and Human Services decision to publish "its "conscience rights" rule as they are about Rick Warren.

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Why Is Anyone Surprised Obama Picked Warren?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Phil Bronstein

This choice illustrates the downside of inspirational figures and the accompanying bad habit of investing in Obama your own ideas, values, priorities and views just because he moves you.

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Is There Method to this Rick Warren Madness?

Lucia Brawley | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Lucia Brawley

Obama's campaign proved that reaching out to those with whom we differ achieves the advancement of the progressive agenda - incrementally, rather than all in one fell swoop.

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I Voted (Twice) for Obama, and Apparently I Lost

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Joe Cutbirth

Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.

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Rick Warren and Gays

John Leo | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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John Leo

Gay activists are giving Rick Warren the full treatment, accusing him of homophobia and hate speech and of comparing gay marriage to incest. None of this is true.

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When inclusion becomes relativism

Morgan Warners | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Morgan Warners

President-elect Barack Obama erred in asking Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. A spokeswoman for Obama implied that the move ...

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On Rick Warren: What Are we Fighting For?

Jon Hoadley | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Jon Hoadley

The choice of Warren underscores the fact that no openly-LGBT person has been selected to take part in the Inaugural ceremony, or be named to any level of Obama's White House staff.

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On Civil Rights, Obama Must Lead, Not Tinker

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Jeffrey Feldman

Putting Rick Warren on the inauguration dais is tantamount to leaving civil rights leadership to someone else. This is a troubling sign for a president elected to be a new kind of leader.

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Rick Warren?! What Is Team Obama Thinking?

Bob Geiger | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Bob Geiger

Obama and his staff are being incredibly disrespectful to Progressives -- having Warren anywhere near the festivities is just flat-out stupid politically.

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Rick Warren and Change.gov: The Internet Giveth ... and Taketh Away

Peter Daou | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

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Peter Daou

For online political operatives and observers this is a prime example of the truism that the medium can quickly flip from being an asset to a liability.

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Rick Warren Giving Obama's Invocation: Pro-Lifers Hate Idea Too

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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On Wednesday, the Huffington Post reported that gay people and progressives were not pleased when Barack Obama chose Rick Warren to deliver the invoca...

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Embrace What You Have In Common With Rick Warren

Lee Stranahan | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Lee Stranahan

There's something bigger at play here and you can't say Obama didn't warn you. He talked about reaching out, about expanding our politics and that crazy bastard actually meant it.

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Rick Warren: Another Damper on My Chance at Obama-mania

Isobel White | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Isobel White

Obama could have chosen any clergy member in the nation to deliver his invocation. So why one who spoke out so publicly in support of Prop 8. Why re-open painful wounds?

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