Obama's Inaugural Mistake

[Kaelin]

Washington Post
Joe Solmonese (president of Human Rights Campaign)
December 19 (sic), 2008

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It is difficult to comprehend how our president-elect, who has been so spot-on in nearly every political move and gesture, could fail to grasp the symbolism of inviting an anti-gay theologian to deliver his inaugural invocation. And the Obama campaign's response to the anger about this decision? Hey, we're also bringing a gay marching band. You know how the gays love a parade.

Yes, the Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of the humongous, evangelical Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., has a sound message on poverty. And certainly, in the world of politics, there is a view that Barack Obama owes Warren for bringing him before fellow evangelicals, despite fierce opposition during the heat of the presidential campaign.

But here's the other thing about Warren, the author of the bestselling book "The Purpose Driven Life": He was a general in the campaign to pass California's Proposition 8, which dissolved the legal marriage rights of loving, committed same-sex couples.

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He was a general in the campaign to pass California's Proposition 8, which dissolved the legal marriage rights of loving, committed same-sex couples.

He could not of passed it without the majority of votes.  If gays are to have equal marriage rights they need to be mainstream.

[Kaelin]

Sort of the thing with HRC is that they've been half-assers themselves (settling for GLB-only at times), so I'm not particularly impressed by their self-righteousness.

As for Prop 8, it's sort of a tired line at this point.

[tekla]

Obama had said that he was going to try to bring everyone together, turns out, he kind of meant it.