Tag Archives: Obama Inauguration

Op-Ed Columnist – You’re Likable Enough, Gay People

By PFLAG Boulder County | December 28, 2008

In his Sunday editorial for the New York Times, Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich analyzes Obama’s choice of Rick Warren, pastor of the conservative evangelical Saddleback Church, to deliver the invocation at the Presidential inauguration. Following is an excerpt from the editorial, with a link to the entire article. 
In his first press conference after his re-election [...]

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Richard Cohen – Obama’s Choice of Rick Warren Ruined a Party

By PFLAG Boulder County | December 23, 2008

Warren On? Party Off. 
By Richard Cohen
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Not that he was planning to attend, but Barack Obama should know that my sister’s inauguration night party — the one for which she was preparing Obama Punch — has been canceled. The notice went out over the weekend, by e-mail and word of mouth, that Obama’s [...]

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Task Force denounces selection of Rick Warren to give invocation at inauguration | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

By PFLAG Boulder County | December 20, 2008

Task Force denounces selection of Rick Warren to give invocation at inauguration | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force denounces the selection of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the Jan. 20 inauguration. Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in California, is an outspoken opponent of [...]

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National Religious Leadership Roundtable responds to selection of Rick Warren to give invocation at inauguration | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

By PFLAG Boulder County | December 20, 2008

National Religious Leadership Roundtable responds to selection of Rick Warren to give invocation at inauguration | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Statement by the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel
National Religious Leadership Roundtable
“As a Christian pastor and a lesbian, I am deeply troubled by President-elect Obama’s choice of Pastor Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration. Pastor Warren [...]

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Not a Disagreement among Friends … NCLR on Rick Warren

By PFLAG Boulder County | December 19, 2008

From Kate Kendell, at NCLR
Even as we endured the passage of Prop 8 and three other anti-gay measures on November 4, we took comfort in the near end of the most treacherous administration in recent history and the historic election of a man who seemed to live and breathe a genuine commitment to equality, fair [...]

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