Thems the kind that would complain if you hung them with a new rope. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:46 AM, mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Barack Obama's choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver > the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward > social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing > fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that – in the wake of a > gay marriage ban in California – is looking for a fight. > > Rick Warren, the senior pastor of Saddleback Church in southern > California, opposes abortion rights but has taken more liberal stances > on the government role in fighting poverty, and backed away from other > evangelicals' staunch support for economic conservatism. But it's his > support for the California constitutional amendment to ban same-sex > marriage that drew the most heated criticism from Democrats Wednesday. > > "Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at > your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans," the president > of Human Rights Campaign, Joe Solomonese, wrote Obama Wednesday. "[W]e > feel a deep level of disrespect when one of architects and promoters > of an anti-gay agenda is given the prominence and the pulpit of your > historic nomination." > > The rapid, angry reaction from a range of gay activists comes as the > gay rights movement looks for an opportunity to flex its political > muscle. Last summer gay groups complained, but were rebuffed by Obama, > when an "ex-gay" singer led Obama's rallies in South Carolina. And > many were shocked last month when voters approved the California ban. > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16693.html > > > > I hear they calmed down however, when they found out the boys choir of > san fransisco was also appearing. > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
