Selecting the evangelical pastor to deliver the inaugural invocation upsets gay-rights supportersThe interest and opinions surrounding Barack Obama's choices for his new administration make for great political chatter, but none more interesting than his selection of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation.
Warren, founder of the evangelical Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of the best-selling nonfiction "The Purpose Driven Life," hosted a televised forum featuring Obama and the Republican nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign.
Known for urging his followers to address social issues such as poverty, disease and global warming, Warren also supports traditional evangelical positions on abortion and gay marriage, most recently calling for passage of California's Proposition 8 that outlaws marriage between homosexuals.
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Smart move, reach out to a large portion of the GOP base to have them think maybe you might be on their side while at the same time letting the GLAD crowd you aren't going to bend over for them each time they start to whine. Make you look inclusive but only by slightly excluding some.
Scandal Meter:
2 of 10 (sorry but pissed off constituents at the expense of sucking up to fundies merits something)
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