This NYTs column could use some love in the comments section, fyi:

[EFerrari]

Gay Activists Decry Pastor’s Role in Swearing-In
By Sarah Wheaton

The Rev. Rick Warren, a conservative evangelical pastor, has been tapped to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration – and gay rights advocates are not happy about it.

The Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced today that Mr. Warren, of Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., and author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” would lead the opening prayers at the swearing-in ceremony. Though he is a prominent figure among religious conservatives, Mr. Warren invited Mr. Obama to speak at an 2006 AIDS summit he held at his mega-church, over the objection of abortion foes. Now, Mr. Obama is facing sharp criticism from part of his base for inviting Mr. Warren.

“Let me get right to the point. Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans,” wrote Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a letter to Mr. Obama today.

“And by inviting Rick Warren to your inauguration, you have tarnished the view that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans have a place at your table,” Mr. Solomonese continued, adding that Mr. Warren had spoken out strongly in favor of a successful gay marriage ban in California and “has often played the role of general in the cultural war waged against LGBT Americans.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/gay-activists-decry-pastors-role-in-swearing-in/

[davidinalameda]

1. done

[bluedawg12]

2. Thanks for your support.

I see you have been strong on your replies, thank you.

[David Zephyr]

3. Thanks for posting this.

We are lower than whale shit beneath an ice flow in Obama's eyes.

This is such a public insult, such a slap in the face to every GLBT person on the planet.

Unbelievable.

Obama CHOSE this homophobe to be the chosen one at his inaugural moment.

That's all we ever will need to know.

[EFerrari]

4. Thank you for the recs and responses. I'm going to check the net

for other stories tomorrow where people can post responses.

:hug:
:grouphug:

[EFerrari]

5. AP story: Obama defends choice of evangelical pastor

(12-18) 10:00 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays.

The selection of Pastor Rick Warren brought objections from gay rights advocates, who strongly supported Obama during the election campaign. The advocates are angry over Warren's backing of a California ballot initiative banning gay marriage. That measure was approved by voters last month.

But Obama told reporters in Chicago that America needs to "come together," even when there's disagreement on social issues. "That dialogue is part of what my campaign is all about," he said.

Link to the SF Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/18/national/w064252S75.DTL&feed=rss.news

[Creideiki]

6. This would ring more true

if he were to start inviting some white supremacists for a prominent role.

[EFerrari]

7. Yep. This whole nauseating episode has made it really clear to me

that what we've been calling "social conservatism" is just tacitly accepted discrimination. That was my light bulb this morning. It's just code and it's ugly as hell.