On the issue of Rick Warren speaking at Obama's inauguration

[pegkerr]

I agree with bekkio and choralreef: of all of the commentary I've seen on Obama's choice to have Rick Warren give the invocation at his inauguration, this dovetails with my own thinking the most. Yes, I understand why some people are smarting over Proposition 8 and are angry over this. I'm hurting over Proposition 8, too. But I agree: Obama understands that we need to build upon our common ground, rather than exacerbating our wounds.

Comments

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

Gosh, kinda easy for you to say, don'cha think?

It's bigoted bullshit, and a slap in the face to every queer person who supported the guy.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Don't make assumptions. No, it's not easy for me to say. No, no, no. I am really, really angry about Proposition 8. I won't assume you've read my second novel, but I have been doing some extremely extensive thinking for years about the intersection of gay civil rights and religion in American culture. Frankly, I'm too fucking depressed tonight to thrash it all out in a reply comment here, so I'm not gonna even try. choralreef said it better than I could at this point anyway. Just . . . I'm thinking about what Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."

[folk.livejournal.com]

Wow. Don't be a dick.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your loss, that you don't know Peg well enough to know how wrong you are.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It means a lot to me to hear you say this.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.