In Memory of Martin Luther King
The Return of the Culture Wars
This is the best they can do today (and yes, I am insulted, readers):
"Warren speaks at King service; Pastor delivers keynote address amid protests" by Errin Haines, Associated Press | January 20, 2009
ATLANTA - Speaking yesterday at the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, Rick Warren, the pastor chosen to give the invocation today at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, urged the crowd to follow King's example of service and selflessness.
"Tomorrow when I pray the invocation for my friend, Dr. King and a whole host of witnesses will be shouting," Warren said in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church, packed with about 2,000 people with dozens left outside.
"Martin Luther King was a mighty tool in the hand of God. But God isn't through. Justice is a journey, and we're getting further and further along."
The selection of Warren, who opposes same-sex marriage in his home state of California, was controversial for both events. Obama's decision to give Warren a role in the inauguration sparked protests from the gay community and the National Organization for Women. At the Atlanta service, about 100 protesters gathered across the street, and there was an outburst from at least one critic before Warren addressed the audience.
Yeah, it's the GAYS and the inks: FEMINISTS MAKING all the TROUBLE!
Wouldn't King -- a religious man -- be anitabortion?
Isaac Newton Farris, president of The King Center, defended its choice of Warren as keynote speaker, saying that his stances on issues like global warming, AIDS, and poverty are in keeping with King's ideals.
"Warren is not so easy to pigeonhole as your average conservative," Farris said.
NO ONE should be PIGEON-HOLED!
Audience member Margarette Towner, a resident of Stockbridge in Atlanta's southern suburbs, said she enjoyed Warren's message and was only vaguely aware of the controversy surrounding him.
"Everybody has their own opinions," Towner said, shrugging her shoulders. "That's what makes us so different. That's what makes America so great."
Tell it to the INTOLERANT AGENDA-PUSHERS!!!!
If KING'S PEOPLE can FORGIVE, why can't they?
King preached at Ebenezer from 1960 until his death in 1968, and a service commemorating his birthday and life are held there annually. On election night, the mainly black audience there was moved to tears when news networks announced that Obama had won the presidential race.
"There is definitely a spiritual connection between these two events," Farris told the mostly black congregation that erupted in applause at any mention of Obama's name. Though Obama's election to the nation's highest office is a milestone, King's final achievement will not be complete until disparities in healthcare, education, and economics are eliminated, he said.
And WAR!!! Why do they ALWAYS FORGET about PEACE??
Yes, PEACE!!!
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"Obama staff takes heat for not airing bishop's prayer
President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee took the blame yesterday for Bishop V. Gene Robinson's invocation at the Sunday welcoming concert not being televised nationally, Politico reported.
Thousands of attendees heard the opening prayer given by Robinson, the openly gay New Hampshire Episcopal bishop, but viewers on HBO's telecast missed it. The inaugural committee said the telecast, including Robinson's invocation, will be shown on the big TV screens along the National Mall today.
Told you it is the GAYS making trouble!!! And THAT'S IT!
"We had always intended and planned for Right Rev. Robinson's invocation to be included in the televised portion of yesterday's program. We regret the error in executing this plan - but are gratified that hundreds of thousands of people who gathered on the mall heard his eloquent prayer for our nation that was a fitting start to our event," inaugural committee spokesman Josh Earnest told Politico.
Robinson had been given the slot after he and other gay advocates protested Obama's selection of evangelical preacher Rick Warren to give the invocation at today's inauguration. Warren pushed for Proposition 8, which overturned gay marriage in California."
Yeah, there is your OPEN-MINDED TOLERANCE from the hypocritical, agenda-pushing a-holes!
And let's set ANOTHER ISSUE out there for the ladies:
"Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy, CNN says
CNN reported yesterday that Barack Obama could pick the 36th anniversary on Thursday of the Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion to reverse a Bush administration policy that bans the United States from funding international family planning groups that provide information, counseling, or referrals about abortion.
The "Mexico City policy," commonly referred to by critics as "the global gag rule," was devised by President Reagan in 1984 at a population conference in Mexico City, CNN says. President Clinton lifted the ban in January 1993 as one of his first acts as president, but President Bush reinstated it in his first executive order on the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade."
Meanwhile, how about the dedicated lefties around here?
"For local groups, contrasting journeys" by Michael Levenson and Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff | January 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - .... A band of graying liberal activists from Cambridge rode a train to Washington in a more subdued mood, playing cribbage and sipping scotch....
For the activists from Cambridge, it was a celebration tinged with concerns and fears - about the invocation today of evangelical pastor Rick Warren, the future of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and the war in Iraq...."
Yeah, the TORTURE and the WARS CONCERN ME, too!!!
And it's looking more and more like unity will be elusive, folks (thanks, divisive MSM; we are against the wars, tyranny, and bailouts, but we get 'em anyway)!
"Melting pot cools as views divide us" by Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post | January 20, 2009
Yeah, and we know whose!
WASHINGTON - .... This week, as the nation memorializes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a biracial president takes office for the first time, it is easy to forget that America is not really a land united as much as two disparate lands in the same country....
A consequence of such polarization is that large numbers of Americans no longer have much contact with people belonging to the other party. Many feel political opponents' views are not just wrong but incomprehensible....
Sociologist Michael W. Macy at Cornell University said political homophily is largely the result of network dynamics: Neighborhoods coalesce around certain views because people don't want to feel at odds with those around them. As a neighborhood's views become more homogenous, outliers feel like outcasts. They move if an opportunity arises, leaving the neighborhood less politically diverse....
Who knows there neighbors anymore, and really, when do they ever talk politics in AmeriKa? More like, "See the ballgame?"
Robert Huckfeldt, a University of California at Davis political scientist, said the divide stems from Democrats' decision to back the civil rights movement. That turned the Republican Party into a largely white and Southern institution. About 90 percent of Mississippi whites vote Republican, 90 percent of Mississippi blacks vote Democratic. Democrats have not won a majority of white votes in a US presidential election since 1964....
They LOVE DIVIDING US, don't they?
Yeah, we are all a bunch of racists, yup.
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Then you get scitte like this:
"Clinton sees less divisive politics under Obama
WASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday that American politics over the next 30 years will be marked by a practical, inclusive approach rather than the partisan battles that defined the last 40 years.Then Bill is a LIAR, isn't he?
The victory of Barack Obama closed the curtains on the post-1960s era during which politicians used divisive issues like gun control to motivate an ideological hard core, Clinton told a gathering of mayors. Democrats and Republicans will try to appeal to a broader spectrum of voters concerned with effective government and other nuts-and-bolts issues, Clinton said.
Translation: the globalist overlords are going to have us fighting over social issues while the wars and looting continue unnoticed and unreported!
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