Reply #136: This Is One Thing That I Cannot Excuse

[NikolaC]

I understand Obama wanting to make the "right" moves as far as cabinet choices and the political chess game that he is constantly playing with the right and their media. However, I loathe Rick Warren and what he stands for. Warren's support for Prop H8 sickens me. I cannot help but think that Obama and his staff thought that they had made a political coup with this choice and were willing to upset their LGBT supporters. I will wait until Obama is in office to see what kind of a job he and his administration does before I say anything about the job that they are doing. However, that does not mean that anyone should be silent and not critical about the selection of Warren.

I am with the OP in my dismay, disgust and anger over this choice. I am straight, married and have an eight year old son. If my son were to tell me that he is gay one day I will not turn my back on, or be disappointed in him. He is my son, always will be, and the love that I have for him would not alter in any way. I believe that the LGBT community are entitled to all of the rights and respect that their heterosexual brothers and sisters have. To me Warren and his ilk are the antithesis to my beliefs and an affront to me as a human being. No excuses should be made for this decision IMO.