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President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays. The selection of Pastor Rick Warren brought objections from gay rights advocates, who strongly supported Obama during the election campaign. The advocates are angry over Warren's backing of a California ballot initiative banning gay marriage. That measure was approved by voters last month.
President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays.
President-elect Barack Obama will welcome Americans to his inauguration at the memorial to his political hero, Abraham Lincoln.
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will participate next month in a question-and-answer forum at Saddleback Church, Pastor Rick Warren said Monday.
You're Likable Enough, Gay PeopleAs we saw during primary season, our president-elect is not free of his own brand of hubris and arrogance, and sometimes it comes before a fall: "You're likable enough, Hillary" was the prelude to his defeat in New Hampshire.
Liberals need to come to terms with what it takes to build a durable majorityAlthough I support gay marriage, I think that liberals should welcome Obama's success in causing so much consternation on the right. On balance, inviting Warren opens more doors than it closes.
Paul Krugman: Now That's Rich Last weekend, Pastor Rick Warren asked both presidential candidates to define the income at which "you move from middle class to rich." The context of the question was, of course, the difference in the candidates' tax policies.
Pastor Rick's Test: The Candidates Submit, and a Principle SuffersAt the risk of heresy, let it be said that setting up the two presidential candidates for religious interrogation by an evangelical minister -- no matter how beloved -- is supremely wrong.
Obama slams Thomas, hugs McCain Asked which justice he wouldn't have nominated to the Supreme Court, Barack Obama on Saturday night named Justice Clarence Thomas, the court's only African-American. Obama was asked the provocative question by Pastor Rick Warren, the moderator of the "Saddleback Civil F …
After tonight's wonderful and insightful Presidential Candidate Forum with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest, California, both Barack Obama and John McCain have many reasons to be pleased with their performances.
Obama and McCain: Can They Answer The God Question?IN 2007 James Dobson, who heads Focus on the Family, a powerful Christian group, said that he "would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances." Mr Dobson said he was worried that the Republican was "not in favour of traditional marriage, and I pray that we won't get …
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