You’re Likable Enough, Gay People
You can’t blame V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop and an early Obama booster, for feeling as if he’d been slapped in the face. “I’m all for Rick Warren being at the table,” he told The Times, but “we’re talking about putting someone up front and center at what will be the most-watched inauguration in history, and asking his blessing on the nation. And the God that he’s praying to is not the God that I ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Obama either made a blunder in underestimating the reaction of the gay community and its friends when selecting Rev. Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration, or he is intent on living up to his policy of inclusion in his administration. Of course, having Rev. Warren at the inauguration does not mean the man will have any real influence on the president's policies or decisions. Although I think Warren was a bad choice, I am more than willing to overlook it, if the new president actually shows himself to be a friend of the LGBT community.