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Title: Rick Warren's Invitation
Post by: Hazumu on December 25, 2008, 01:10:00 PM
Post by: Hazumu on December 25, 2008, 01:10:00 PM
STEVE MELOV, Takoma Park
Thursday, December 25, 2008; Page A18
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Thursday, December 25, 2008; Page A18
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QuoteI thank E.J. Dionne Jr. and Richard Cohen for their Dec. 23 columns on the invitation of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration. They helped me -- a gay man in a 34-year relationship, an early supporter of President-elect Barack Obama and an activist for civil-marriage equality -- to understand my disappointment in the response of leading advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
Mr. Obama has consistently focused on the transformational potential of hope, reconciliation, redemption and community-building. Mr. Dionne focused on this hope and the hard and risky work of changing hearts and minds. In contrast, Mr. Cohen focused, as have many leading GLBT activists, on disillusionment and betrayal.