I see that Obama has chosen Rick Warren to lead a prayer at his inauguration. Most Americans don’t know that Warren is, in reality, a giant douchebag. Warren presents as a mild-mannered and soulful Christian man; the type of man to whom all White Christian housewives are attracted.
I am unsure as to the amount of love Damon Linker receives from Christian women. He appears to be a socio-political blogger for The New Republic who becomes high strung when criticized:
But the fact that Warren holds these views is precisely what places him on “other side of the cultural/religious divide.” So liberals are in fact angry about Obama’s choice because it’s reaching out to someone on the other side. Conversely, if he had picked a pro-choice, pro-gay-marriage preacher to give the invocation, then this would have been someone from the liberal side of the culture war and so liberals would have cheered it.
Let me make this as clear as possible: If you, a Christian like Warren, believe that homosexuality is akin to pedophilia; if you, a Christian like Warren, espouse paranoia and a persecution complex; or, if you, a Christian like Warren, claim that you have “many gay friends”, you are a liar (and I suppose that means you should be delivering the invocation at a presidential inauguration in America).
As for Linker’s “side-taking,” white versus black and red versus blue are examples of sides. Though folks like Linker may appreciate your intense efforts to masturbate in the dark, because you are not constrained by the same principle as non-liars, you do not have a “side.” Regardless of what Warren tells you, the end that you’ve chosen to puruse is a meaningless and pathetic denial of reality.