Still, I agree with a. mcewen that Lowery is best left alone. He himself did say that he was against marriage amendments, after all, and he described his feeling as a “culture shock,” so he could just as easily have meant that he was against same-sex marriage on a more personal level, as opposed to be actively opposed to it.

I don’t mind that Warren supported Prop 8. I would have been surprised if he hadn’t. But there were literally thousands of pastors in this state that supported Proposition 8 without tying gay relationships to pedophiles, polygamists, or the incestuous.

And many pastors who supported Prop 8 did so without lying about the impact of same-sex marriage on their ability to preach anti-gay bigotry from the pulpit.

But I find it interesting that this is playing out as pro-marriage v. anti-marriage when it’s really about pro-decency v. demonization.

I don’t mind that Warren supported Prop 8. I would have been surprised if he hadn’t. But there were literally thousands of pastors in this state that supported Proposition 8 without tying gay relationships to pedophiles, polygamists, or the incestuous.

Furthermore, it is not as though President-elect Obama has made Rick Warren his spiritual advisor. While this is a great honor, and I think there are some legitimate problems with Rick Warren (personally, I am not a fan of his recent “assassin” comments, a little too pat robertson for my tastes), on the whole he has done much. Remember, he came into the whole pro-Prop 8 thing late, and records show he didn’t contribute (significantly?).

I hope this ordeal doesn’t reveal GLBT activists to be non-compromising, as sometimes compromise is necessary. Biden said it well when he stated that this was in no way a step away from gay rights, but a step to be more inclusive.

Those are my ten cents.

Rick Warren has done much to get criticized for but let’s not make it look like we are putting up some type of litmus test for pastors who will be participating in Obama’s inauguration.