Rich brings out good points in the political posturing on gay rights and the religious right that is opposed to rights.

While I agree with much of Rich's opinion piece, I don't think Obama has "anointed [Warren] as the inaugural's de facto pope. Rich makes a good case for those who are leery of Obama's selection of Warren, but it is hardly an original or enterprising case. Later in the piece he makes the point that Warren's appointment agers the fundamentalist left as well. This could have been noted earlier in the piece as it takes a big chink out of the argument Rich makes early on that the appointment was somehow an intentional affront to the LGBT community.

Mr. Rich say's Clinton would throw the gay community under the bus for political expediency. If I remember correctly. this was a hot-buttoned issue that could have took up half of his time in office(we all know what happened during the other half)what with Congress and the Military and the President at odds of this issue. We've got some serious problems. Let's take care of two wars and an economy that''s on the very edge of collapse, and I promise I'll walk the picket lines in D.C. like the good old day's.