He was elected by the people - hopefully he will, in a meaningful way, answer to the people.

[KitchenWitch]

To say that I am pissed about Rick Warren would be understating things quite a bit.

I have yet to hear a satisfactory answer from him about his choice.

[IndianaJones]

1. yeah...the people...most of which really dislike gays. nt.

[KitchenWitch]

3. ...

:cry:

[PVnRT]

2. I thought it was just the gays all whining about nothing

At least, that's what all the smart, progressive DUers here keep saying.

[Hansel]

4. Agree. So far his talking points have been pretty much

condescending vanilla defensiveness. Pretty disappointing.

If this is his strategy for promoting inclusiveness, maybe he's a little greener than I thought. The nativity is striking. Maybe he can still book Rodney King to stand up and plead "can't we all just get along."

"I'll just bring in a rightie and a leftie and everyone will be happy. Afterall, I'll have all of the bases covered. So what if the rightie has just successfully campaigned to strip some of the lefties of their constitutional rights. They'll overlook that because they love me. I'm being inclusive. Everyone will understand that. Especially during this great day of celebration."

Wow, just wow. He's needs some advice from a very good sociologist. Because this was not him at his best. S/he can teach him about genuinely reaching out and getting buy-in and demonstrating empathy and timing and picking the right place and promoting dialogue. Maybe s/he can throw in a lesson about why bigotry hurts and causes resentment and resistance to acceptance. And why establishing trust is really important when approaching really sensitive matters.

This is one of the most clumsy things I've ever seen from him. I'm really quite surprised, maybe stunned is not too strong of a word.

[Clio the Leo]

5. What answer are you looking for?

serious question