President Obama’s “Big Tent”

When Obama asked Rick Warren to deliver his inauguration speech, it caused quite a stir.  And rightly so.  While the President-elect wants desperately to prove that his administration will cross party lines, his choice conveyed the wrong message.  Rick Warren is most notable for his extreme and polarizing anti-gay support of California’s Proposition 8.   The result is that Obama’s choice did not convey the message that his presidency will include Democrats and Republicans alike, it sent the message that his presidency will include gays and gay-haters alike. Disappointing.