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chiefofclarinet Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:09 PM
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For those furious about Warren, here's what you can do
Send out some e-mails. Send out some letters via snail mail. Make some calls. We need to get the message out there that the GLBT community and its allies do not want a homophobic bigot to have any part in the Obama inauguration.

First, the committee that put together this program includes: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Bob Bennett, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Republican Leader John Boehner, President-Elect Barack Obama, and Vice President-Elect Joseph Biden. A flood of e-mails will drill the point across.

Second, the MSM. As useless as it normally is, certain people will listen. Emphasize the stances that Rick Warren has that make him problematic, to say the least. I think we know which ones we have a chance of getting the attention and the ones it is not worth our time.

Finally, the general public. Tell people about Rick Warren that will listen. I didn't know half of what he has done, being that I don't pay attention to fundamentalist "Christians." Now that I know, I want him as far away from the anything resembling a sermon as possible. And, most people don't know, but would be outraged if they knew.

I figure many of us have already taken some of these steps, but I want to make it clear to everyone that this can cause change. Remember that it is the masses that helped get Obama into the White House; those same masses will help Obama to see what we see.
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:14 PM
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1. Have taken a few of these steps but thank you for suggestions - will follow up with more!
This is not only a GLBT issue by any means - I am a hetero woman and I am HORRIFIED by this choice. I think it is Obama's first real screw up. Letters to the editor need to be written.

This choice for the invocation is an abomination.
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chiefofclarinet Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:23 PM
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5. I agree 100%
I'm a hetero male, but there are so many other things wrong with his ideology in addition to gay rights. He is the stereotypical fundie in respect to abortion and creationism as well. He may have done some things right in his life, but giving the podium on inauguration day is not what we wanted.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:15 PM
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2. Were Obama to pull the plug on Warren over this it would make a HUGE public statement
denouncing intolerance, but it appears his spokespersons are already out verbally defending the choice so I guess the possibility of that "moment" is gone.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:19 PM
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4. If they can't admit a mistake, then screw them /nt
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chiefofclarinet Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:25 PM
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6. Exactly.
If the Obama transition team and the Inauguration Committee cannot retract a mistake, then they are doing the job they are supposed to. This won't be the last time Obama will do something that is wrong.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:16 PM
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3. I dropped a line already...
but I will drop more. There has to be someone who can give an invocation who does not advocate HATE.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:54 PM
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7. Action, not outrage.
Yessssss....
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