Forget Rick Warren, Joseph Lowery is the voice our country needs to hear
Filed by: Michael Crawford
December 22, 2008 11:00 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/forget_rick_warren_joseph_lowery_is_the.php

While the debate over Rick Warren delivering the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration continues, not nearly enough attention has been paid to the selection of Rev. Joseph Lowery to deliver the benediction.

Unlike Rev. Warren who has equated marriage with incest, child rape and polygamy and campaigned fiercely for Prop 8, Rev. Lowery has been a passionate supporter of LGBT equal rights. Rev. Lowery gave the following speech at the funeral of Coretta Scott King.