Obama picks Rick Warren for inaugural invocation, gay leaders furious

[Holmes]

Well it's a darn good thing he's not making a speech on gay rights, or that he's advising the president in any way!

[Holmes]

I'm a flaming liberal and I think the ourage is too big. I'm not saying this guy is a good person and I probably won't watch the prayer, but gay people need to understand that not everything will go their way and instead of freaking out about every little thing, they should actually... do something about it.

When prop 8 passed and all the protests were going on, I thought something good was finally happening. Sure, there was black bashing, Mormon bashing, Republican bashing, and much more, but instead of just sitting down, feeling sorry for themselves and crying alone, the gay community was finally making a stand. Now it's back to feeling sorry for themselves.

[Holmes]

Has this Rick Warren pick make you donate to an equality group, or protest, or do any other form of fighting, or have you just been complaining on this message board?

[Holmes]

About the prayer? No. I'm not ever religious and I probably wasn't gonna pay attention no matter who was saying it. Of course I disagree with this Warren guy's views, I'm a big gay rights and marriage supporter. But I think gay people are doing it all wrong, it's not changing anyone's minds on the issue. There's actually a hunger strike to protest Rick Warren doing the prayer. Jesus.

Just the other night, in many California cities, there were a lot of calm and peaceful protests. Of course, they probably didn't get much national coverage, but they sent a way stronger message than "I'm not gonna eat because this Warren guy is saying a prayer and he doesn't want me to marry the person I love!"

And fwiw, as gay men we're probably not even gonna changes our minds on this so.