Throwing a temper tantrum
I finally think Obama has made a good decision. On Thursday, Obama announced that at his inauguration, pastor Rick Warren, would be present to give the invocation.
But some liberals are disagreeing… and throwing a tantrum at the same time.
Warren has been in support of California’s Proposition 8 that bans gay marriage and homosexuals and other liberals are upset. They are “infuriated” that Obama, a supporter of homosexual marriage, would even think of having a pastor who supports traditional marriage, at his inauguration.
I am glad Obama is doing this because it is only fair. If Obama had chosen a homosexual pastor to give the invocation, no one in America would dare say anything because it would be considered a hate crime. Here is just another example of one side getting away with something and the other not being able to. So, my question, what is the difference between Rick Warren speaking or a homosexual pastor. Nothing, except that Obama’s supporters are not very happy about it and I finally think Obama has done something right.
I am glad that Obama has finally done something I agree with. I don’t know how often I will be able to say this, so I guess I better save this post.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/18/obamas-rick-warren-inauguration-pick-sparks-gay-fury/
Glad you approved. Who knows, maybe Obama will surprise you again sometime.
I think choosing Warren was fine, as a symbol that Obama is willing to let everyone have a presence at the political table — that’s a positive thing.
I understand why people who often have felt let down by the political system and who really hated the religious aspects of the Bush administration would feel betrayed by this move (I mean, if you’ve been told that you’re going to hell over and over, and you feel like you are treated like a second-class citizen just because of your sexual preference, it would hurt to see someone who caters to that being given the chance to speak more of that at the inauguration of the country’s first black president)… but I think overall it was an important signal from Obama that he is not going to close down dialog.