Explaining why he would invite California Prop 8 advocate Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, President-elect Barak Obama said, "We have to disagree without being disagreeable and then focus on those things that we hold in common as Americans."
Which is why David Duke will be acting as an usher.
Marginalizing gays is relatively safe, politically speaking, since there's not another election for a few years. Just pat them on the head and put them back in the box.
If Obama is pandering to the religious right, that's not good.
If Obama genuinely believes that this is the way to bring us together, that's worse.
Which is why David Duke will be acting as an usher.
Marginalizing gays is relatively safe, politically speaking, since there's not another election for a few years. Just pat them on the head and put them back in the box.
If Obama is pandering to the religious right, that's not good.
If Obama genuinely believes that this is the way to bring us together, that's worse.
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Any thoughts? Is that actually someone who is non-offensive to everyone?
Really? Did I miss his "fierce" advocacy against Prop 8? Or did the right-wing (or is that left-wing) media refuse to cover his speeches about it?
I'm confused.
I am disappointed that you are joining the censorship brigade. You can not have a prayer by a real Jew, Christian, Moslem, or Hindu if you take this point of view. That begins to sound a little stupid.
Rick Warren's efforts have saved many lives. He has given 18 million dollars in book royalties to charity and has helped the AIDS sufffers, the starving, and the downtrodden. David Duke was best known for taking over an organization founding upon oppression and murder. You don't see a difference? Did you lose your mind or are you being coy?
Racists, like Christianists, constitute a large number of Americans -- perhaps the majority.
Thus, it's only fair that Louis Farrakhan and David Duke also be invited to participate in the invocation.
Both of them are religious ministers -- Farrakhan is a Muslim cleric.
Both have participated in numerous charitable initiatives, fed poor people, helped the sick, prayed for the sinner, etc.
We cannot allow the fact that they have a genuine disagreement about multiculturalism to interfere with the more important need to unite the country, right?
I don't see anyone advocating censorship in this post or these comments. Take down your straw man. Instead, we advocate freedom--and are using that freedom to criticize a man who opposes freedom.
He doesn't oppose freedom. He opposes the step by step dismantling of law and culture. This is one important front to protect. There has never been gay marriage. It doesn't take anyone's freedom to not recognize it. It would be like demanding health insurance pay for an artificial womb so people can be free to have children if they are men. It is just stupid.