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The Warren insanity

Let me make no bones about it, Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the Inauguration bothers me for two reasons. First, he’s an unmitigated homophobe, fear monger, war monger and all-around distasteful fellow who wraps his hatred in namby-pamby “feel good” language of fear. Second, why the hell are there so many preachers at the freaking Inauguration? Hello? Separation of Church and State. Go sit on your bible and spin.

John Hodgman sums it up beautifully as he always does:

WHICH IS TO SAY: I would shake his hand. If I met him, I’d try to find some common ground, or at least keep the dinner party civil until dessert. I think there are lots of ways for Obama to do the same in his presidency.

BUT AS SOMEONE CLEVER on Twitter pointed out, I still wouldn’t invite him to sing at my wedding.

Obama won’t be perfect, but I’m quite tired of him shoving a knife in the back of the LGBT community. First McClurkin, now this. Sounds like a lot of lip service about inclusion, and not a lot of actual action.

Hell, you could have invited Jim Wallis if you wanted that whole Christian thing. At least he manages to stay reasonably consistent and not advocate for more death and destruction.