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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on the Inauguration : The God of Peace Fared Well

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery gives the benediction at the end of the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP. As for President Obama himself, any God worth the … Continue reading →

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Melissa Etheridge on Making Peace With Rick Warren

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge with Tammy Lynn Michaels.The Choice Is Ours Now: Give Peace a ChanceBy Melissa Etheridge / December 22, 2008 See ‘Why Gay Marriage is the Wrong Issue’ by Bob Ostertag, Below. This is a message for … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Obama Has a Deaf Ear to Religion

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Evangelical maverick Rev. Richard Cizik speaks at Mosque during annual Interfaith Gandhi Walk.‘I do think it was a good idea to reach out to evangelicals, but there was a far better possible person — better religiously, symbolically, politically.’By Rabbi Arthur … Continue reading →

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Juan Cole’s Take on Rick Warren

Posted on December 21, 2008 by RagBlog

Rick Warren: “I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights”By Juan Cole / December 21, 2008 I was in Long Beach, California on Saturday for the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, where … Continue reading →

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Jeff Jones : The Bay Area Reacts to the Rick Warren Saga

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has always been a vocal supporter of diversity and the GLBT community.‘As an enthusiastic gay Obama supporter, I can see that his choice of a homophobe preacher is a gratuitous political gaffe that he didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Rick Warren Debacle : Views From the Left and the Right

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama’s choice of pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration has stirred up a storm. Dancing with Rick Warren is more than making nice with a sector of our society that Obama probably views as an … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Consensus Building : Rick Warren and, Say, Bull Conner?

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Conner called out the dogs on civil rights demonstrators in 1963. Surely he wouldn’t have been included under President-elect Barack Obama’s umbrella.‘Using an evangelical mega-church fence-straddling homophobe and anti-abortion champion to offer an inaugurating prayer … Continue reading →

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