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Obama Asks Gay Bishop to Lead Pre-Inaugural Prayer

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2009 Clearly Barack Obama and his legion of inauguration planners have registered the gay community's dismay over the selection of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation on Jan. 20, as Obama has tapped the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to lead the prayer session at an event two days prior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ann Curry to Rick Warren: ‘Are You Homophobic?’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 The news that Pastor Rick Warren, who opposes gay marriage, will give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration caused many gay Americans to take offense. NBC's Ann Curry point-blanked Warren about his politics in Friday's edition of "Dateline NBC." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2008 So we're aware by now of Obama's "team of rivals" strategy for his upcoming tenure in the White House, but it's still startling to hear that Pastor Rick Warren of Southern California's Saddleback Church, home of the notorious "cone of silence" interviews with Obama and John McCain last August, is going to give the invocation at Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wake-Up Call for Team Obama

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2008 If Barack Obama thought he had a battle on his hands when he was vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, he's in for an even bigger struggle now, if the latest Zogby poll represents an accurate read on American voters' inclinations at this stage in the game. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and McCain Talk Morality at OC Mega-Church

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2008 Barack Obama's first official foray into the public eye after his Hawaiian vacation was an unusual one, although not unimportant (like it or not): On Saturday, both Obama and John McCain met with the Rev. Rick Warren of the evangelical Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., to discuss their positions on abortion, morality, marriage and other hot-button issues before a select audience. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )