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I think that many of us are wondering what kind of medication Barack Obama is on after picking Rick Warren to do the inauguration invocation when he is sworn in as our next President. Mr. Obama! What the fuck were you thinking?
I guess that Congressman Barney Frank didn't care for the Warren choice either.
December 18, 2008
“I am very disappointed by President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to honor Reverend Rick Warren with a prominent role in his inauguration. Religious leaders obviously have every right to speak out in opposition to anti-discrimination measures, even in the degrading terms that Rev. Warren has used with regard to same-sex marriage. But that does not confer upon them the right to a place of honor in the inauguration ceremony of a president whose stated commitment to LGBT rights won him the strong support of the great majority of those who support that cause.
“It is irrelevant that Rev. Warren invited Senator Obama to address his congregation, since he extended an equal invitation to Senator McCain. Furthermore, the President-Elect has not simply invited Rev. Warren to give a speech as part of a series in which various views are presented. The selection of a member of the clergy to occupy this uniquely elevated position has always been considered a mark of respect and approval by those who are being inaugurated.”
I have been trying to give Obama the benefit of the doubt with his cabinet selections and such, but this takes the fucking cake.
Just for the record, I am heterosexual. When Warren's " Purpose Driven Life " first came out, I tried to read it, making it only a quarter of the way through before throwing that load of shit into the garbage can. This punk is no Christian, far from it. He's a bigot, racist, and a general all around asshole out to make a buck. He has made many of those from the easily swayed.
I'm sorely vexed at our President-elect for making Warren his choice. this goes beyond ' reaching across the aisle '.
