Gay leaders furious with Obama
Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that – in the wake of a gay marriage ban in California – is looking for a fight. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
I am quite puzzled why Obama would choose this way to reach across the divide on full citizenship for lgbt people. Surely there must be clergy who, say, oppose gay marriage but have not lumped lbgt people with child molesters. Surely Obama's people know that this sad stereotype is one of the most difficult lbgt battles for respect and understanding. I wish that lbgt leaders and others had responded to this decision by using it to question whether Obama, "fierce advocate" though he may style himself, truly understands the issues involved.