Obama: Stand Up for Gay Americans, Say No to Rick Warren
Target:President-Elect Obama; Parag Mehta, LGBT liasion on Obama-Biden transition team Sponsored by:Care2
We are deeply disappointed in President-Elect Obama's decision to choose Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the inauguration in January. Pastor Warren is an outspoken opponent of gay and lesbian equality. Pastor Warren's public support for California's Proposition 8 sends a clear message that he believes loving, committed gay and lesbian couples are second-class citizens in America.
Equality for gay and lesbian Americans is a fundamental civil and human rights issue, not a matter of "disagreement" that can be ignored for issues of political expediency. We strongly urge President-Elect Obama to reconsider his decision and choose a faith leader who supports equality for all Americans to deliver the invocation at this historic inauguration.
We took action on “Obama: Stand Up for Gay Americans, Say No to Rick Warren”!
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8:56 am PST, Jan 20,Name not displayed, Norway
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8:55 am PST, Jan 20,Bradley Wright, United Kingdom
I believe all people are equal, and should not be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual preference.
# 9,844:
7:53 am PST, Jan 20,Eric Coutu, Canada
Gay People Have Right As Everyone Else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5:21 pm PST, Jan 19,Joseph Braus, California
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12:53 pm PST, Jan 19,Earnest Reeves, South Carolina
Rev. warren Keep you religous veiwes out of the state business! We are here and queer.. Get used to it!! Live and let live!!!!!!!
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12:20 pm PST, Jan 19,Jane Shouse, New York
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8:31 am PST, Jan 19,Abby Sanderson, South Dakota
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7:40 am PST, Jan 19,Sheila Street, Texas
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7:30 am PST, Jan 19,Dorri Neville, New Jersey
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7:25 am PST, Jan 19,Ajay Tallam, California
Please stop. He has said completely disgusting things, on tv AND in his church, these were not slip-ups, as he had a chance on his tv appearance to retract/downgrade his comments. I am not gay, but i do feel like homosexuals need to be treated as equals in our society. It's the new civil rights struggle.
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5:20 am PST, Jan 19,Patrycja Niedzwiecka, Poland
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1:32 am PST, Jan 19,Erik Anderson, Connecticut
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6:40 pm PST, Jan 18,Tara Huber, Maryland
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5:41 pm PST, Jan 18,Marilyn Mick, Texas
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5:41 pm PST, Jan 18,Kim Neff, Pennsylvania
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5:37 pm PST, Jan 18,Sue Barrell, New Jersey
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4:07 pm PST, Jan 18,Connie Torres, Philippines
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11:10 am PST, Jan 18,Betty Stepp, Iowa
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9:43 am PST, Jan 18,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
Being called a pedophile or someone who practices incest is unbelievable and extremely offensive. What is even more offensive is someone whom I supported choosing this person to be part of your inauguration. I feel like I have been slapped in the face by a friend.
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9:43 am PST, Jan 18,Lesley Polek, Iowa
I am very against Rick Warren doing anything for your election. I am a lesbian that only in the eyes of God and a few others married to the best woman to ever enter my life. We were put together for reason. It's the 21st Century and it's time someone took a stand for Gays and Lesbians. We should have the sme rights as heterosexuals. How would you all like it if someone told you you couldn't get married or have the same rights as inter-racial couples or white couples? We're human too and deserve to be treated equally.
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6:38 am PST, Jan 18,Laurie Ware, Massachusetts
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9:57 pm PST, Jan 17,Sharon George, California
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9:08 pm PST, Jan 17,Amanda Campbell, Idaho
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8:58 pm PST, Jan 17,Saskia Devendra, Canada
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5:28 pm PST, Jan 17,Richard/maria Francis, Ohio
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4:14 pm PST, Jan 17,Veronica Blendick, Pennsylvania
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1:23 pm PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, California
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10:00 am PST, Jan 17,Tim Chila, Vermont
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9:37 am PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, Colorado
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8:35 am PST, Jan 17,Beverly Price, California
Please choose a faith leader outside the mainstream of Judeo-Christian-Islamic orthodoxy - like Buddhism, Wiccan, shaman, etc. Why preserve the illusion foisted on us by those three religions that they comprise all there is to spitituality.
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7:23 am PST, Jan 17,Stephen Nicklay, Minnesota
My son, Mathieu, is gay and has been in a commited relationship for six years + now. I don't want him or his partner treated as second-class ciitzens. I also have a number of gay friends and would like to see them treated just like everyone else expects to be treated; i.e., fairly and justly. I don't pretend to undertand their orientation, but I do know that it is real. They're wired that way, probably starting in the womb. I would prefer my son were straight, but I accept him for what he cannot help but be. It's a tough enough row to hoe for him and I'm not going to make it any tougher.
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7:07 am PST, Jan 17,Rose Payne, Tennessee
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6:55 am PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, California
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6:24 am PST, Jan 17,Mary Durkin, New Jersey
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5:31 am PST, Jan 17,Julia Tawyea', Pennsylvania
This is a sad and disgusting choice... I can't watch the Inaugural being that when they show Warren's face, I will be ill.. This man is against everything "fair and just"... His anti-gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgender beliefs are against my faith, for I believe that God wants us to love one another...
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11:16 pm PST, Jan 16,Len Bourret, Connecticut
Gay and lesbian people continue to support African American people.
It is time for all African American
people to support gay and lesbian
people.
# 9,810:
9:43 pm PST, Jan 16,Lisa Leonard, Minnesota
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2:49 pm PST, Jan 16,Kelly Schucker, New York
So he is saying 2% of the population has absolutely no right to make their love recognized by the law? 2% of the population isn't good enough to be truly happy? He needs to open his mind.
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2:26 pm PST, Jan 16,Andre Bonnet, United Kingdom
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10:18 am PST, Jan 16,Jubilee Silver, Russian Federation
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9:43 am PST, Jan 16,Tyler Alpers, California
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9:18 am PST, Jan 16,A Rose Brt, Nebraska
# 9,804:
7:12 am PST, Jan 16,Dorothy Bailey, California
Because Pastor Warren does not believe
in equality for all American citizens and
believes that because some uninlightened person 5000 years ago was homophobic, we should still use
homophobic laws. I oppose such bigotry!
