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I suspect this is me not getting it again
I shouldn't. I really shouldn't. But...
Why does the appointment of Rick Warren to give the inauguration invocation mean Obama's turning his face against the GLBT community? Because Warren supported 'Yes on Prop 8', even if Obama didn't?
And yet clearly someone in his administration figured that, hey, we should include the GLBT community in the inauguration parade, because they tagged the Lesbian and Gay Band Association about being in it.
Exactly how is this disappointing campaign promises? Going back on his word? It's a damn invocation at the start of a ceremony, given by a man of the same faith that Obama lays claim to, even if they don't exercise their faith in the same way! And, yes, it can be considered a bone thrown to the right-wing conservatives.
However, last I knew, the USA had some 300 million citizens. In the end, Obama's gonna be POTUS for all of them, not just the ones you agree with.
Why does the appointment of Rick Warren to give the inauguration invocation mean Obama's turning his face against the GLBT community? Because Warren supported 'Yes on Prop 8', even if Obama didn't?
And yet clearly someone in his administration figured that, hey, we should include the GLBT community in the inauguration parade, because they tagged the Lesbian and Gay Band Association about being in it.
Exactly how is this disappointing campaign promises? Going back on his word? It's a damn invocation at the start of a ceremony, given by a man of the same faith that Obama lays claim to, even if they don't exercise their faith in the same way! And, yes, it can be considered a bone thrown to the right-wing conservatives.
However, last I knew, the USA had some 300 million citizens. In the end, Obama's gonna be POTUS for all of them, not just the ones you agree with.
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See, there are some things that go to the core of a job: ministers and priests and chaplains being able to pray 'in Jesus' name' is one of them.
Exactly. This has raised such a stink that many Rabbis and Imans are siding with the Christian ministers. Particularly because the stink is being raised by an atheist section of the population. However, I've often heard the phrase, "There are no atheists in foxholes."
And no, things aren't going to change overnight. Sadly, many of his supporters thought things would. They thought that come November 5 things would be different. Many things are still very up in the air. There's even a senatorial seat that's still to be decided.
We've also got an economy that's sucking so badly that it's taking priority overthing else, which means there are topics that are taking a back seat which might be high on someone else's agenda, such as taxes and LGBT 'rights.' Money does still make the world go around, despite what Star Trek would tell us. Until the world gets its finances sorted, everything else is going to come second.