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Warren Cancels ABC Interview
at Last Minute

Pastor had been slated to clarify position
on gay marriage

Apr 12, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rick Warren, who had been expected to explain contradicting statements about gay marriage today on ABC's This Week, backed out at the last minute because he was “sick with exhaustion,” Politico reports. The prominent evangelical pastor was to clarify the difference between his claims last week that he... More »

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analysis

Warren Prayed for All—but Invoked Jesus

Clever phrasing
keeps his prayer from being controversial

Jan 20, 09 7:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Laden with pre-inaugural controversy, Rick Warren’s invocation today was “both inevitable and surprising,” writes Lisa Miller in Newsweek. “Inevitably,” he focused on being inclusive, alluding to Christian, Muslim, and Jewish rites; the "unkempt" pastor knows how to “strike an empathic, populist chord.”... More »

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Barack Obama • inauguration • Rick Warren • President Obama

 Despite Warren, Calif. 
 Gays Celebrate Obama 

Gathering at West Hollywood gay bar hiss at controversial pastor's invocation

Jan 20, 09 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - A crowd gathered today at West Hollywood’s premier gay bar to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration, but also to watch with dismay as Rev. Rick Warren took the Capitol stage, the Advocate reports. Many in the community were shocked by Obama’s choice of the anti-gay marriage pastor to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hollywood • LGBT • Rick Warren • gays • Proposition 8 • President Obama • Inauguration Day • gay bar

Rev. Warren References MLK in Invocation 

Obama's pick sparked gay-rights controversy

Jan 20, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Offering the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, Rev. Rick Warren called the moment “a hinge-point in history: the first inauguration of an African American as the 44th president.” The controversial pastor added, “We know that today Dr King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in... More »

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Barack Obama • inauguration • Rick Warren • pastor • President Obama • Inauguration Day

ANALYSIS

Protestants Hold Inauguration Monopoly

Priests, rabbis have been missing from ceremony for 20 years

Jan 20, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's swearing-in will be the sixth straight inauguration where rabbis and Catholic priests will be absent from the dais, reports Time. For decades it was traditional to have Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish representatives at the ceremony, but Billy Graham’s invocation (and benediction) at George Bush’s 1989 inauguration... More »

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Protestants • clergy • inauguration • Rick Warren • rabbi • Catholic priest • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Opinion

Obama Has Met
Only Half of Rick Warren

Evangelical's split personality includes 'bland Pastor Rick' and arch conservative

Jan 19, 09 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Rick Warren has fooled many Americans, Barack Obama included, with his lifelong attempt at creating a double personality, Amy Sullivan writes in Time. There's Pastor Rick—the apparently progressive anti-poverty, concerned-about-AIDS persona Obama invited to deliver the inaugural invocation, and there's the divisive staunch conservative the president-elect should... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • evangelicals • Rick Warren • conservatives • Proposition 8 • Inauguration Day

Openly Gay Bishop Tapped for Inauguration

Robinson will speak Sunday, has been critical of Warren

Jan 12, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has asked Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the only openly gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at the opening event of Inauguration Week, the Boston Globe reports. Robinson had been among those who criticized Obama for asking same-sex marriage opponent Rick Warren to deliver the main inaugural... More »

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Barack Obama • gay marriage • Episcopal Church • Gene Robinson • Episcopalian • inauguration • Rick Warren • gays • President Obama

Talk Show Roundup

Axelrod to Warren Haters: Get Over It

Obama aide says tax cut coming; Laura
Bush defends George

Dec 28, 08 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - To those who object to Rick Warren delivering the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, chief adviser David Axelrod has a message: chill out. On today's Meet the Press, he heralded the choice as political bridge-building: A conservative pastor praying for a progressive president "is a healthy thing and... More »

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Laura Bush • Fox News • tax cuts • tax hikes • Meet the Press • Rick Warren • David Axelrod • evangelist • President Obama

I'm Anti-Gay Marriage,
Not Anti-Gay: Warren

Controversial pastor aims to dampen criticism, civilize discourse

Dec 24, 08 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Rick Warren continues to refine his stance on gays and gay marriage, saying he is “not opposed to gays having their partnership,” and that his anti-gay marriage stance doesn’t make him anti-gay, the AP reports. “I’m opposed to gays using the term marriage for their... More »

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gay marriage • Christianity • child molestation • pedophile • evangelicals • inauguration • incest • Rick Warren • Saddleback Church • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Rick Warren—whose upcoming invocation at the Obama inauguration is causing a ruckus—has removed anti-gay language from the website of his Saddleback Church, Queerty reports. A page that explicitly barred gays from membership has suddenly gone missing, along with some Catholic bashing and a defense of dinosaurs in the... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Obama's Early Picks 
 Disappoint His Base 

Cabinet tally, inauguration choice upset minority groups

Dec 23, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already slighted some of his most vehement campaign supporters. Women's groups are unimpressed by his Cabinet tally: 15 of 20 spots went to men. And the gay constituency is enraged that Obama chose anti-gay marriage evangelical Rick Warren to lead prayer in his historic inauguration. Instead... More »

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Hillary Clinton • gay rights • women's rights • Rick Warren • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

OPINION

 The Case for 
 and Against 
 Rick Warren 

WaPost does the dueling op-ed thing

Dec 23, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Liberals should be neither shocked nor appalled by Barack Obama’s inaugural invitation to anti-gay pastor Rick Warren, EJ Dionne writes in the Washington Post. His colleague Richard Cohen begs to differ, however, so the two duke it out in their columns today. Cohen says Obama has decided to... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • religion • Christian right • evangelicals • inauguration • Richard Cohen • Rick Warren • President Obama

OPINION

 Etheridge: 
 Warren's 
 No Monster 

Iconic lesbian sticks up for pastor called homophobic

Dec 23, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Melissa Etheridge is Rick Warren’s new best friend. She met with the pastor last week, after finding out they were set to perform at the same event, and discovered he's not, as expected, a "hate spouting, money grabbing, bad hair televangelist," one of those guys who has... More »

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gay marriage • Rick Warren • Proposition 8 • Melissa Etheridge

 Warren 
 to Keynote 
 MLK Service 

One day before controversial inauguration address

Dec 23, 08 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Just a day before he makes his appearance at Barack Obama’s inauguration, Rick Warren will give the keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King Jr memorial service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, King's former home in Atlanta, the OC Register reports. While Obama has taken heat from gay... More »

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Barack Obama • Martin Luther King Jr. • inauguration • Rick Warren • Saddleback Church • Inauguration Day

OPINION

 Etheridge's Wife 
 Defends Warren 

Tammy Lynn Michaels extends olive branch to controversial evangelist

Dec 22, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Melissa Etheridge's significant other goes to bat for right-wing pastor Rick Warren, calling him "the man the media has made our latest 'HE HATES YOU!' target." In fact, he doesn't hate gays, Tammy Lynn Michaels writes on her Hollywood Farm Girl blog. Melissa, who recently met him,... More »

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gay marriage • Christianity • evangelicals • Rick Warren • gays • Melissa Etheridge • Tammy Lynn Michaels

Pastor Warren: Some of My Best Friends Are Gay

But has compared gay marriage to incest, polygamy, child abuse

Dec 21, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Pastor Rick Warren "loves gays and straights," he said yesterday, in response to the uproar  his invitation to Barack Obama's inaugural invocation sparked among gay rights groups. In a speech to the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Warren emphasized that he has "many gay friends" and has "... More »

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Barack Obama • gay marriage • inauguration • Rick Warren • Saddleback Church • Melissa Etheridge • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 In Preacher Pick, 
 Obama Dismisses Gays 

Rev. Rick Warren was big backer of Proposition 8

Dec 19, 08 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to offer his inaugural invocation was a glaring and offensive misstep for a consistently savvy politician, writes prominent gay-rights activist Joe Solmonese in the Washington Post. Warren was a key proponent of Proposition 8, “the biggest loss our community has faced... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • gay marriage • inauguration • Rick Warren • Proposition 8

(Newser) - Gay-rights groups are fuming over Barack Obama's selection of evangelist Rick Warren to perform the invocation at his inauguration ceremony, Politico reports. Warren opposed California's recently defeated Proposition 8 that would have legalized gay marriage. His selection may help Obama mend fences with conservative voters, but gay activists say they... More »

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gay rights • inauguration • Rick Warren • President Obama

Aretha, Rick Warren on Tap for Inauguration Day

John Williams will compose new music for Obama's landmark occasion

Dec 17, 08 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Aretha Franklin will participate in Barack Obama’s inauguration next month, the New York Times reports, with the Queen of Soul hitting the stage after evangelical leader Rick Warren gives the invocation. Obama has also commissioned composer John Williams to write a new piece of music for the ceremony—to... More »

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Barack Obama • Aretha Franklin • inauguration • Rick Warren • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Yo-Yo Ma • President-elect Obama • John Williams • Itzhak Perlman

Schwarzenegger Says Married Gays Will
Stay Wed

Calif. guv encourages protesters to continue

Nov 10, 08 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his strongest support yet to gays and lesbians in California yesterday, saying that currently married same-sex couples would remain legally wed and that he hoped the courts would overturn Proposition 8. The ballot initiative, which amended California's constitution to define marriage as explicitly heterosexual, has left the... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Rick Warren • Proposition 8

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