2008-12-27 Kirchick: gays, cool your jets on Warren

2008-12-27 Pam Spaulding Pam's House Blend \Rick Warren/Obama inauguration http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8811 Kirchick: gays, cool your jets on Warren Kirchick: gays, cool your jets on Warren  My two cents:
 * Why is making note of Warren's past and current statements regarding LGBTs considered an overreaction to this selection? The warm fuzzy image Rick Warren and his PR flacks have carefully cultivated needed some balance, quite frankly. It's pretty clear the MSM wasn't going to say jack about it. The fact that Saddleback's web site was scrubbed tells you Warren and Co. were quite aware that this was blowing up in their faces.
 * It's not a zero sum game for activists to both publicly condemn Warren's positions and to be ready to actively work and lobby for passage of pro-LGBT legislation. Multi-tasking is possible, no?
 * The Warren selection is relevant because 1) LGBTs worked hard for Obama's election, many the people he is "reaching out" to worked mightily to pass anti-gay legislation; 2) Obama's camp has already been down this path before with the Donnie McClurkin debacle -- how can that not be discussed?

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