What exactly does it take to be a "bigot"? Mere hatred of the gay community? Is this man anywhere near as evil as Fred Phelps, or any of the rest of the fundamentalist right? As has been pointed out before, Warren is actually the center, the mainstream of American protestantism.
This is my practical point to the entire gay community. The lack of self-relaization that we are on the far, far, left. From that perspective evreyone looks like a bigot.
But the truth is that Warren is no Phelps.
Only a realistic view and pragmatic tactics will yield anything constructive. Obama was right to invite him. The nation voted for Obama not on the basis that "Change" meant a left-wing coup of the right, as Christopher seems to be advocating, but rather that he would allow evreyone their right to be at the table and to speak their round.
Rick Warren leading the invocation does not give him any significant political capital. It is merely a symbolic ploy to show the right that Obama is open to their ideas. Afterall some conservative ideas are rather nice sounding. After this administration, I would love me some small-government action right now. Warren is not being given any power to set or influence policy. This not an endorsement to his particular morality or religious beliefs. It is just a selection of a mainstream minister to lead a prayer.
What is the fuss? Why, after 8 years of divisive politics, do you think that the supporters of Obama would want the same tactics but from the left instead? We don't want that. We want unity and we want people to learn how to respect eachother for what they are.
The homosexual orientation being what it is, it will for the forseeable future always be the minority, and always be vulnerable to being called perverse.
It is better to learn how to live with these people then to attempt to shout them down.
Afterall these people are going to be voting again, in 2012. I don't think Obama can afford to loose much of the middle.
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Date: 2008-12-19 12:22 am (UTC)This is my practical point to the entire gay community. The lack of self-relaization that we are on the far, far, left. From that perspective evreyone looks like a bigot.
But the truth is that Warren is no Phelps.
Only a realistic view and pragmatic tactics will yield anything constructive. Obama was right to invite him. The nation voted for Obama not on the basis that "Change" meant a left-wing coup of the right, as Christopher seems to be advocating, but rather that he would allow evreyone their right to be at the table and to speak their round.
Rick Warren leading the invocation does not give him any significant political capital. It is merely a symbolic ploy to show the right that Obama is open to their ideas. Afterall some conservative ideas are rather nice sounding. After this administration, I would love me some small-government action right now. Warren is not being given any power to set or influence policy. This not an endorsement to his particular morality or religious beliefs. It is just a selection of a mainstream minister to lead a prayer.
What is the fuss? Why, after 8 years of divisive politics, do you think that the supporters of Obama would want the same tactics but from the left instead? We don't want that. We want unity and we want people to learn how to respect eachother for what they are.
The homosexual orientation being what it is, it will for the forseeable future always be the minority, and always be vulnerable to being called perverse.
It is better to learn how to live with these people then to attempt to shout them down.
Afterall these people are going to be voting again, in 2012. I don't think Obama can afford to loose much of the middle.