I don't want to get into it too much (there's a decent argument here), but I think my first spat with Obama should make headlines of some sort. His selection of Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his Inauguration was a bonehead move. Warren, among other dumb things, is against stem-cell research (which is currently saving my father-in-law's life) and thinks my marriage is somehow a violation of his free speech, whatever that means.
Obama has said he disagrees with the guy on a lot of things. Still. It's a missed opportunity. There are plenty of progressive clergy out there, who Obama could've put in the spotlight to show that the Religious Right doesn't have a monopoly on God or even on Christianity.
Boo, I say.
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