Why should gays have a say in the President's choice?
President-elect Barack Obama has selected the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins to deliver the sermon at the national prayer service that is held the day after the inauguration.
The choice of Ms. Watkins was not an attempt to mollify critics of Mr. Obama’s decision to have the Rev. Rick Warren give the invocation at the inauguration. The choice of Mr. Warren, a prominent evangelical pastor from California who opposes same-sex marriage, caused an uproar among some of Mr. Obama’s supporters.
Obama is already making changes, I see.
How can anyone that has sexual preferences change a President's choice of whom he wants to give the national prayer?
I think I'll round up thousands that enjoy bj's, sex with animals, etc. and demand he put Rev. Warren back in just for the heck of it and see what the outcome would be. This is most ludicrous & sickening thing I have ever seen. Why should anyone with sexual preferences have any say in anything?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/us/politics/11minister.html
Lawrence you're wrong, read the article again. He changed when some of his voters didn't want Warren to give the speech. All that I read beforehand was that the gays were having a fit about it.
I don't hate gays, but just like any other sexual preference I think it should be kept in their own homes. Would you like to hear someone going around saying they mate with animals, or children, or bj's, all the time. Sex is something that should be private between two people and not broadcast all over the place. It's discusting to hear, not just about gays, but any of it.
What's the matter, don't any of you like my "Freedom of Speech"? You don't seem to mind theirs.
Jenny...As I already stated...Sexual preferences, any type of sexual preference should not be kept private. Not everyone likes to hear about how a person prefers sex. I don't go around telling everyone my sexual preferences. The gays are about the only ones that disgustingly talk about it and expect special rights, which I think is ridiculous. Got that? IT'S A SEXUAL PREFERENCE!!! It has nothing to do with religion. I could care less what anyone does sexually behind closed doors.
Correction: *Should be kept private*
Lawrence...If you had been keeping up with the news, Obama picked Warren first. They gay community had a fit about it, because he was against gay marriage, so he picked Sharon Watkins. Don't believe me? Here's one of the many news articles about it. http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-picks-rick-warren-for-invocation.html
For those of you that called me names and used foul language, what makes you think you're better than me? I didn't use any, nor did I call the gays bad names. I was merely stating my opinion without rude slurs in regards to "sexual preferences" and believe a person's "sexual preferences" should have no say in anything, but more than that it infuriated me that Obama can be manipulated so easily, so early in the game.
To answer the neocon remark...I am neither Dem or Rep and vote for whom I think has our nation's best interest at heart, whom I think will do the best job and has the least questionable background.
Most of you judged me and accused me of judging. That's like the pot calling the kettle black, don't you think? Who's the bigger bigot? I could have came up with some really good slurs and name calling, but I'm above that and won't go down to your level.
Westhill...Thank you. I appreciate the clarification so much
Now, it's time to ask forgiveness and to apologize to everyone for causing such chaos, especially to the gays. It was not my intention to come across as a bigot, nor judge anyone. I was upset due to the fact that I thought Obama had been swayed so easily and thought if he could be minipulated that easily, he wouldn't be very good in "leading" our country on really important issues.
As far as gays being so vocal, I still believe any type of sexual preference should be a quiet, personal matter and not made public and still don't believe everyone needs to know our personal sexual life. I was raised that way and will always have strong feelings about it. We all have different opinions and lifestyles and that will never change, but I hope we can all reflect those opinions without such hatred and name calling as I have seen here.