Comments on: The Note, 12/18/08: To The Left — Obama Faces Anger

By: Brian, Decatur, GA

Brian, Decatur, GA — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:59:11 +0000

The President-elect’s choice of Reverend Warren to participate his inauguration is a stinging slap in the face to all of those LGBT people who invested themselves in Obama’s campaign and who honored him with their votes. To include someone in this important event who has worked diligently to deny LGBT people their rights under the law and guaranteed under our Constitution shows a lack of sensitivity to the needs and aspirations of the gay community who substantially supported his candidacy and election. Reverend Warren and others of his ilk who’s preaching against our community causes those disposed toward violence to physically attack and in some cases kill us is not worthy of the honor being bestowed upon him. There are many pastors, rabbis and mullahs who minister to and support all of the members of their congregations even those who happen to be LGBT. Any of those men or women would have been a more appropriate choice. To claim that inviting Reverend Warren to be a part of his inauguration indicates that “what we have to do is to be able to create an atmosphere where we can disagree without being disagreeable” is at best disingenuous and at worst an insult to the intelligence of the LGBT community. I dare say that if Reverend Warren was as vehement a racist as he is a homophobe he would not have been Obama’s choice to pray for his presidency and our country. As a gay man and a supporter of President-elect Obama I am deeply disappointed that he has chosen to disrespect and disregard the feelings of the great numbers of LGBT Americans who believed in what we were told during the campaign and who enthusiastically supported him with our time and with our votes.

By: keval

keval — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:55:12 +0000

During the campaign, I though Obama would be far to liberal. So far, I am wrong!
Rick Warren is an outstanding choice and it demonstrates that Obama is trying to bring this country together. I am very pleased with his picks for cabinet. He will have diverse opinions to intellectually play off each other to make hopefully wise policy decisions.

By: Mother.Knows

Mother.Knows — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:57 +0000

please do not compare gay rights to being black or women rights. your fight is about satisfying your flesh. yes, gays have the right to be forever connected with who they want, but not the right to force the people to make it a law. It just ain’t right! It’s not natural! THAT’S MY OPINION and that does not make it wrong nor does it merit to be bashed.
again…u cannot Even compare it to being black…NEVER!
Obama’s selection oh Rick Warren, so what! If the guy is straight or Gay so what. Warren hates the acts of gay lifestyle…namely sex and women trying to be a man and man trying to be woman is sickening to his appetite as like a pedophile. however, warren does not hate the person, just the behavior. so, warren giving a prayer…amen brother. pray for this nation and the spirit of wisdom to overflow Obama.
my Gay people, if you love each other and your state don’t honor matrimony, get married in a state that excepts this and return home. hey, your rights are not being denied as life partners, we just ain’t co-signing on same sex marriage.
right on Obama, rick warren and my man bush

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Deborah — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:00:27 +0000

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By: Real Story

Real Story — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:13:00 +0000

A lot of you people sure have thrown Obama under the bus real fast like, where is all the tolerance you all talk about???

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:57:21 +0000

” Change” LOL,
There is no real change; Obama is a master of using people to his advantage.
He used the left , kick them out of the window now he don’t need them anymore.
And now he is slobbering with the right (Warren) till he needs them anymore.
For Obama really one thing is important; and that is Obama!!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:55:47 +0000

People quit your whining. Obama is a good man, and picked another good man to say a prayer. There’s a lot more important things to worry about than his choice of pastor for this day!

By: jock59801

jock59801 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:36:01 +0000

I’m not sure what the big deal is. If you need someone to do the religious stuff, you might as well invite a religious person, especially one who is this popular.
Sure, he could have picked somebody more liberal, but then the other side would be complaining. So who cares? I think one thing Obama has learned by now is that some people are going to whine about whatever he does, so he might as well just do what he wants to.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:24:44 +0000

Obama is smart to pick Warren for the invocation, with 5 minute prayer he keeps the right off balance.

By: Angelo

Angelo — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:28:04 +0000

hannity | Dec 18, 2008 1:55:10 PM –
Yes, actually. Psychologically speaking if one of the psychological causes of homosexuality is not getting enough attention romantically from the opposite sex, then wouldn’t that prevent heterosexuality?