Gay community is crying foul. Why?
Obama Offends Gay People from RightWingNews.com
Leftist bloggers are all upset over Mr. Obama's choice for the inaugural prayer.
The gay community is crying foul. Why?
Barack Obama said consistently throughout the election that he's against gay marriage. Wink. Wink. I didn't believe him. Neither did his voters. I still don't believe him. Especially after his acceptance speech in Chicago when he spoke of rights of all people and pointedly mentioned gays.
Picking Rick Warren to give the prayer is throwing a "clever" bone to the moderate middle and the Christian conservatives. Remember, people, 85% of American citizens believe in God. Nearly 100% besides the fringe lefties view Rick Warren and Joel Olsteen as the Wal-Mart of religion--everyone shops there, everyone buys. View them as red-pronged devils if you want, but anyone who knows about the evangelical movement knows that the purges won't come from these mega churches.
Here's another thing: blacks are overwhelmingly against gay marriage. How do the Prop 8 folks think that law passed when a 1/2 black man was on the ticket? Black people had to vote for the President and then go and choose to vote for Prop 8. It wasn't a passive choice. The fact is that most blacks do not view gay marriage as a civil rights issue. So gays can get all hot and bothered about the mean Mormons and evil evangelicals but there's a whole race of people who know oppression when they see it and they don't see it.
Leftist bloggers are all upset over Mr. Obama's choice for the inaugural prayer.
The gay community is crying foul. Why?
Barack Obama said consistently throughout the election that he's against gay marriage. Wink. Wink. I didn't believe him. Neither did his voters. I still don't believe him. Especially after his acceptance speech in Chicago when he spoke of rights of all people and pointedly mentioned gays.
Picking Rick Warren to give the prayer is throwing a "clever" bone to the moderate middle and the Christian conservatives. Remember, people, 85% of American citizens believe in God. Nearly 100% besides the fringe lefties view Rick Warren and Joel Olsteen as the Wal-Mart of religion--everyone shops there, everyone buys. View them as red-pronged devils if you want, but anyone who knows about the evangelical movement knows that the purges won't come from these mega churches.
Here's another thing: blacks are overwhelmingly against gay marriage. How do the Prop 8 folks think that law passed when a 1/2 black man was on the ticket? Black people had to vote for the President and then go and choose to vote for Prop 8. It wasn't a passive choice. The fact is that most blacks do not view gay marriage as a civil rights issue. So gays can get all hot and bothered about the mean Mormons and evil evangelicals but there's a whole race of people who know oppression when they see it and they don't see it.
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