Obama picks Rick Warren for inaugural invocation, gay leaders furious

[Lunar]

I don't see why Obama should refuse any religious leader, especially with someone he has a great personal relationship with, to be associated with him just because that guy is an outspoken critic of gay marriage.

As said in this thread, how many prominent religious leaders are in favor of gay marriage?

And need I remind people that Obama himself opposes gay marriage?  Obama opposed prop 8, but still.

Warren seems like a genuine guy who has a constituency (suburban religious types) that Obama is desperate to reach out to in the wake of his reelection.  As someone who spent some number of hours on the No On 8 campaign I am completely unbothered by this decision.  Why shouldn't Obama have his friend do this?

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[Lunar]

Besides, isn't the entirety of Obama's argument for Rev. Wright that you're not responsible for everything your priest says?

[Lunar]

Besides, isn't the entirety of Obama's argument for Rev. Wright that you're not responsible for everything your priest says?

If it was it wouldn't make much sense as neither Wright or Warren is a priest.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technicality

[Lunar]

Obama is as fully committed to the cause of gay rights as Clinton

Not true, Clinton backstabbed gay activists with Don't Ask Don't Tell while Obama appears willing to overturn it as soon as this economic stuff is out of the way (not immediately, but second term?).  I fully expect it to be overturned eventually although not immediately, but the fact that  Obama wants to focus his political capital on not passing anti-gay measures at the moment makes him superior to Clinton

[Lunar]

Well, Obama's PR people have indicated they aren't immediately interested in repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell and would prefer to repeal it later on in his term.  His campaign position was that he'd repeal the very law that Bill Clinton supported...

of course his campaign never provided a timeframe.