In Defense of Rick Warren
One can hardly read any news outlet, or read a political blog without discovering outrage over President Elect Barack Obama asking Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. So-called Liberal Leadership, and leadership in the gay and lesbian community are outraged over this choice because Warren is openly opposed to any legal recognition of gay marriages. In fact Warren is open in his views that he views the gay lifestyle as wrong and sin.
I find this opposition and anger over Obama's decision almost laughable. Barack Obama has been very clear from the beginning that he is going to not exclude anyone from his circle and in fact he even says he will purposely surround himself not with "yes" men and women, but with people that will openly debate and challenge his administration in an effort to make decisions that are good for all America.
Rick Warren has never engaged in hate crimes. He never carried signs at Anti-gay demonstrations condemning gays to hell. Warren simply does not agree with the view that gay marriages should be legally recognized. I also do not happen to agree with Warren. In fact I snicker when I hear Warren being called "Dobson Lite." I laugh because of the kernel of truth in that statement. I never even read Purpose Driven life.
However, I applaud Obama's continued effort to unify our country and to pursue the mantra that Americans need to learn to disagree without being disagreeable. Why is anyone surprised by the choice of Warren to pray over the inauguration? Obama is simply doing something rare in politics today, being true to his word about how he would run his administration.
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