Obama Picks Anti-Gay Marriage Pastor For Inauguration, Left Freaks Out

I’m not sure why the left is freaking out, though. Obama himself opposes gay marriage.

(CNN) — Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration next month.
Warren, one of the most powerful religious leaders in the nation, has championed issues such as calling for the reduction of global poverty, human rights abuses, and the AIDS epidemic.
But the founder of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, has also adhered to socially conservative stances — including his opposition to gay marriage and abortion rights that puts him at odds with many in the Democratic Party, especially the party’s most liberal wing.

Just another example of that famous liberal tolerance we’re always told so much about. They’re tolerate you, as long as you adhere to liberal dogma.
And I say that as someone who is just fine with gay marriage.

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  • http://Array Jay

    So now we’ll have to give sexual deviates a separate “race” status in institutional victim class? Naw, not me.

    You can do whatever the hell you want to do. That’s your right. But even an ardent homophobe like yourself can discuss this topic without acting like a child. It detracts from your argument.

    My kids are brought up being taught homosexuality for the perversion that it is…More kids that will have to be deprogrammed when they leave the house…all pissed off that their parents were so blatantly hateful. You guys have closets by the score to climb back into and do your thing. More schoolyard taunting. You projecting here?

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    Wow, that is shocking. The KIOS will really like this pick.

  • Jay

    My accusation had less to do with the substance of your argument (which is an entirely different issue altogether) and more to do with your inability to discuss gay rights and homosexuality without acting like a 6th grader during the “changing program”…all giggly and full of sophomoric slurs.

  • Mickey

    Dino must be having a hissy fit.

    suckers, used like a $5 crack ho

  • Jay

    Not sure why this would surprise anyone. Neither he nor Biden are intensely pro-gay-marriage. In addition, Obama has a fairly amalgous view about gay-rights in general. AND he already had Rev. Donnie McClurkin singing at some of his rallies. I disagree with Obama on this, but I’m confused as to why Liberals would see this as a “surprise”. More like continued dissapointment.

  • RebTex

    I think the guy should be de-frocked.
    He claims a pro life standpoint yet supports a pro death candidate.

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Dino fainted.

  • dawneyr

    Rick Warren stands for the same UN bull that Obama stands for. One is a wolf in wolf’s clothing and one is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His P.E.A.C.E. plan is a bunch of B.U.L.L. It’s a fitting match.

  • http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

    Homosexual behavior is a choice. It is risky and leads to 73% of all AIDS cases in the USA.

  • http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

    Man Train. I was not sure how to take your previous statements, but I will try again to interpret them. How about just writing The Truth? The statistic I quoted was from a government site. The percentage has increased since the 1980s when it was about 67%.
    One person here questioned my number and when I looked up the source-reference, I saw that it had increased.

    POINT: My previous quote of 67% is and was not a lie because that is/was the correct information (intelligence) at the time. Some people do not understand this concept, unfortunately. I hope you are not one of them.

    good friend

    ?

    Is this an attempt at “guilt” by some type of “association” — as opposed to the racist “church of the black ? whatever Wright’s theology is today? Last week he actually said that on December 7, 1941, we dropped a nuclear bomb!!

    Ignorance? or wrong theology or history, one.

    Answer: I do not attempt to speak for God. If you would care to discuss The Bible honestly, I will.

    Shall we start with 2Kings? The 10 tribes, then the remaining 2 tribes were taken away because they did not follow God’s Laws. Even people who are atheists acknowledge the historical facts in The Bible.

  • FlyOnTheWall

    Even people who are atheists acknowledge the historical facts in The Bible.

    Caveat, scholars now acknowledge the historical facts in the Bible. Youtube Atheist Wannabes badly quote discredited German scholars from two centuries ago and claim Jesus never existed.

    Obama is taking flak for a purely symbolic move. The inauguration means nothing to policy the hard left just hates the ‘consorting with the enemy’ thing.

    Warren is taking flak over, of all things, being a christian and respecting a sinner as a human being.

  • NoJelly

    The black vote is what augered queer marriage in California…It only figures.

    Remember, Obama wasn’t fighting the special interest fight in Chicago, he was pushing black ascendence, deserved or earned or not…Where the fancy lads & gals got the idea that he was their President is likely due to koolade in the wrong orifices…

  • NoJelly

    And this type of bigoted buffoonery is what “augers” your credibility. And you spelled “Kool-Aid” wrong. That doesn’t help either.

    Koolade is spelled however one feels to do it. What happened to your one-sided tolerance? Oh yeah, you’re practicing it now…

    Show me the bigotry. Prove it. Show me where what I stated wasn’t the facts. You can’t because it IS the facts. Obama worked towards BLACK ascendence, not hom-a-sexual anything. He spent two years campaigning on whatever people wanted to hear, has nothing to do with what he worked to accomplish in his training for the Presidency, his “community organizing”…

    I understand that your “secret code words” trigger your ignorant accusations, and I shouldn’t bother responding, but please read up, would you…Ignorance is so…Pathetic.

  • Jay

    Remember, Obama wasn’t fighting the special interest fight in Chicago, he was pushing black ascendence, deserved or earned or not…Where the fancy lads & gals got the idea that he was their President is likely due to koolade in the wrong orifices…

    And this type of bigoted buffoonery is what “augers” your credibility. And you spelled “Kool-Aid” wrong. That doesn’t help either.

  • HG

    Here come the cries of separation of church and state…

    wait for it…

    wait…

    never mind.

  • gustave776

    I’m confused!!!!!

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/profile/pcND pcND

    I’m really looking forward to reading the Daily Kos, etc. after this. I’m sure they are about ready to murder Barack. Republicans would be happy to see Warren up there, this is interesting.

  • NoJelly

    Jay, thicker skin is on special at Macy’s this weekend…

    …So now we’ll have to give sexual deviates a separate “race” status in institutional victim class? Naw, not me. My kids are brought up being taught homosexuality for the perversion that it is…You guys have closets by the score to climb back into and do your thing.

  • dragon poker

    Rick Warren is proof that social conservatives are not necessarily true-blue conservatives.

    Social conservatives are NOT really conservative in many cases. IMO the more socially conservative a person is, the less likely that they even understand what conservative means. To much emotionalism quickly overpowers conservative tendencies, and social conservatives are mostly emotionally driven and have very little pragmatic intellectualism going for them. They are polar opposites.
    I’m just sayin.

  • Man Train

    Homosexual behavior is a choice. It is risky and leads to 73% of all AIDS cases in the USA.

    Do you believe in divine vengeance? Does God punish those who stray from His path?

    “AIDS is a cure for niggers” — Hal Turner, Neo-Con Sean Hannity’s good friend

  • HG

    Rick Warren isn’t a social conservative. His political affiliation may be republican and he may take some positions that appear to be conservative but in reality his political affiliation is more ‘new evangelical Christianity’ than conservative or liberal, republican or democrat. It seems to be a blend mysticism and tradition. His politics start with his flavor of Christianity, sees America as a sort of gentile promise land in need of political and cultural redemption, and seeks to do so by Christianizing society. To him government is a means to building the kingdom (in some sense). His religious priority has become his political priority.

  • http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

    Obama will throw Rick under the bus just like all the others; wait for it.

  • HG

    The above definition, taken at face value, can be attained without a hint of religious or superstitious beliefs.

    Absolutely agree dragon. Natural law theory is of no religious nature. If you have a correct understanding of natural law theory you would undoubtedly know the difference between religion and the conclusion based on observations and reason that a Creator exists. You may very well believe in liberty but you cannot prove it scientifically. And you sure as hell can’t expect that a society which believes rights come from government has any political foundation for liberty.

  • dragon poker

    You cannot begin to understand liberty without a knowledge of the ‘natural law theory’ that gave birth to political liberty in America.

    I respectfully and completely disagree with this statement. You have discussed this natural law theory with me in the past and I have listened to you. I dont disagree that the country may have been founded on a principal similar to what you are describing. I disagree that it is anything other than the old creationist thinking that has no basis in reality.
    No offense. I am not trying to offend here.
    I simply see this as another man created concept to help man understand things that are not able to be understood by many people. I see only superstition in this theory. I cant accept the premise and therefor I cant accept the resulting arguments.
    Also, I think I have a pretty good understanding of what conservatism is. I concur with this:

    Conservatism is simply a movement that seeks to preserve our political liberty from any unjust restrictions by any government. Conservatives seek to do so by restricting government to its primary purpose which in turn allows individuals to practice their civil liberties.

    In order to understand conservatism in America we must first understand liberty, both its immense freedom as well as the responsibilities and restrictions it places on government as well as the individual

    The above definition, taken at face value, can be attained without a hint of religious or superstitious beliefs. I understand it and I hold no belief in god, jesus, satan, budda, the easter bunny, or the GREAT PUMPKIN(though I sorta wish the great pumpkin were real). You are trying to say that to understand conservatism you must be a superstitious person and this is just not true.

  • HG

    the less likely that they even understand what conservative means.

    dragon,

    This is at the heart of the issue IMO, and because this understanding is so absolutely necessary, we must discuss it on a level that does more than acknowledge conservatism.

    Conservatism is simply a movement that seeks to preserve our political liberty from any unjust restrictions by any government. Conservatives seek to do so by restricting government to its primary purpose which in turn allows individuals to practice their civil liberties.

    In order to understand conservatism in America we must first understand liberty, both its immense freedom as well as the responsibilities and restrictions it places on government as well as the individual.

    You cannot begin to understand liberty without a knowledge of the ‘natural law theory’ that gave birth to political liberty in America. If we are to ever see the conservative movement succeed, we must begin by educating ourselves and others about this God-given liberty.

  • http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

    dragon. I agree. One can be a conservative without a belief in God, Jesus Christ or any other deity. I agree with the quoted definition. Leave me alone to pursue my happiness as long as it does not conflict physically in another’s uninvited physical space. Do not stand in the way of me exercising my liberty and free choices in this country.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Rick Warren stands for the same UN bull that Obama stands for. One is a wolf in wolf’s clothing and one is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His P.E.A.C.E. plan is a bunch of B.U.L.L. It’s a fitting match.

    Rick Warren is proof that social conservatives are not necessarily true-blue conservatives.

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