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December 18, 2008

Obama Picks Anti-Gay Marriage, Anti-Abortion Evangelical for Inaugural Invocation
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Meanwhile, Obama is drawing criticism from gay and lesbian activists for
his choice to deliver the invocation at next month’s inauguration. Obama
has selected the Reverend Rick Warren, a leading evangelical opponent of
abortion and same-sex marriage. Warren supported California’s recent gay
marriage ban and has compared abortion to the Nazi Holocaust. He’s also
backed the idea of assassinating US foes, including Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In a letter to Obama, Joe Solmonese of the Human
Rights Campaign said, “Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to
deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT
Americans.”



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