Reply #124: As much as it was not what I would have done, rescinding Warren's invitation only helps Warren

[zulchzulu]

I will turn my back when Warren speaks when I'm at the inauguration. I disagree with Warren being part of the ceremony. I could repeat that until I'm blue in the face, yet I think people would oddly think I support him due to what I feel about it.

But I think, as some have indicated, that rescinding Warren's invitation not only helps Warren by giving him more unneeded free press, it also turns Warren into a "martyr" for his opinions on gays and thus makes what will be a fairly unremarkable event turn into The Event, which would overshadow Obama's inaugural speech and the full event as well.

Warren will say the invocation, which if you've ever read or seen at an inauguration, is a pretty stale, predictable prayer and announcement that last for about two minutes. Warren knows that if he tries to pull off a divisive invocation that attacks gay rights that he will be attacked by others in the ceremony that follows.

If people want to try to stop Warren from speaking, by all means go ahead. I'm not about to tell anyone to STFU on this. I would suggest that making Warren seem more important than he is only helps him financially, and from a marketing standpoint, is exactly what someone like him would want.