GLAAD Calls on Media to Examine Rick Warren’s History of Anti-Gay Rhetoric

GLAAD released a statement today about President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.

From GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano:

The inauguration of a new President is a day when Americans should be brought together, to signal a new beginning for our country. It is therefore deeply troubling that the President-elect has selected someone whose defamatory and damaging anti-gay statements and views, including linking marriage for committed same-sex couples to incest and pedophilia, clearly divide rather than unite Americans. Media outlets have a responsibility to scrutinize Rick Warren’s history of using his powerful platform to advance anti-gay rhetoric and prevent loving couples from being able to take care of and be responsible for one another.

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