If Obama had invited a Catholic Bishop who was pro-life and everything else, would you feel the same

Or is there something in particular about Rick Warren that bothers you?

and I say that as a Catholic who finally lapsed because I could no longer tolerate the attitudes towards women and Gays.

the spotlight to Warren.

Lots of people watch them. Nobody remembers them, except if the president says something memorable.

n/t

I'm betting with a depression on the horizon... not.

even during a depression it will make a difference in the grand scheme. your same glbt brothers and sisters will be standing there alongside you in the soup lines as well.

That in the face of said crisis, national politics will take a forefront and GLBTQ rights will take the back burner. It's happened before, doubtlessly it will happen again. At least they might stop passing amendments for a while.

... become even MORE important.

Wouldn't it be nice if gay and lesbian couples -- and their children -- had the same safety net as everyone else?

And I say this as an Ex-Catholic myself.

here we go... yet again...

we're not asking obama to condemn the southern baptist convention..merely to rethink his choice of person to give an invocation. sheesh!

we are quite aware of how our dear pope feels about homosexuals and human rights. even the most hardline bishop would be a slap in the face. the CC (through their little KofC organization) is just as guilty as the other organizations for donating money to proposition 8.

to bring to office?

the Democratic Party.

aligned with his views. It doesn't have to be a well known figure.

in addition to holding such primitive views, then yeah, sure.

For that matter, even if he were camera shy, I'd still be ticked.

I guess it depends on the taxonomy of Christian faith in use.

That's a very ignorant thing to say.

and the poster who seemed not to understand that Obama and Warren are of the same ilk...that both Obama and Warren are Protestant, as distinguished from Catholic or Jewish or whatever else there is.

There is no fundamentalist faith. The broad categories are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim.....and I don't know the rest. Fundamentalism is a loose self-identified group of people belonging to the Protestant branch. Fundamentalism is an ideology, not a church like Babtist or Methodist. At least that's my understanding.

Obama's church in Chicago was very strong. Not the typical namby pamby church that, for example, I went to. African Americans, I think, are very familiar with strong religious views, particularly in their pastors. They are more used to it than someone like I would be, I think.

There is relative uniformity in Catholic doctrine. There is no "Protestant" doctrine. There never has been and there certainly isn't now after the devolution of the mainline Protestant churches into the Charismatic and Pentecostal faiths.

Decidedly progressive, extremely high command of the language, a true Democrat from the word 'go,' resume creds from LBJ's Great Society, a Texan, and a certified Baptist minister.

Warren is also a Baptist, but he ain't got no Moyers creds.

One who carries on like Warren, yes I would have a problem with it.