In short, Warren wants to be both the universally admired pastor who speaks to the nation and the influential leader who mobilizes religious conservatives for political ends. But those are two inherently conflicting roles, and he cannot be both, no matter how hard he tries. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Proof, if ever we needed one, of the wisdom for the separation of church and state. This issue over Warren's invocation has lead a lot of political activists to ask why we even have one at a secular swearing in. Why will the Chief Justice even hold a religious book? The rising power of the Christian Right shows in the fact that the media has not even questioned this.
Some of the Obama supporters fail to listen what he says and does. Remember the other pastor who will pray at the Inauguration is a homosexual Episcopal Bishop.
The article provides facts and incidents that demonstrate that Warren is an opportunist prevaricator, hiding behind a few popular social issues in order to spin people into his web of hard-over right wing religious positions.
Warren's sectarian Jesus-talking inauguration schtick came across to me as forced and out of touch with the event and the times. Regardless, I oppose religious rituals at public civic events. Lowery was cool and in touch, but even that dear man was at the wrong event.
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