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Rep. Barney Frank, the only openly gay member of Congress, feels that president-elect Barack Obama has made a "serious mistake" in asking pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation.
"Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest," said Rep. Frank (D-Mass) to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday. "I found that deeply offensive and unfair."
"I believe that [Obama] overestimates his ability to get people to put aside fundamental differences," said Frank.
"He talks about being post-partisan but I've worked, frankly, with Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay, and the current Republican leadership. The current Republican leadership in the House repudiated George Bush. I don't know why Mr. Obama thinks he's going to have them better than George Bush. And to be honest, when he talks about being post partisan, having seen these people and knowing what they would do in that situation, I suffer from post partisan depression."
Rev. Rick Warren leads a southern California mega-church, and is author of the multi-million selling self-help book, "The Purpose Driven Life." Warren and his congregation were instrumental in supporting Proposition 8, a ballot measure passed in Nov. which banned gay marriage in the state.
Obama has maintained that his inclusion of Rev. Warren is part of his efforts to bring separate groups together around common causes.
"That dialogue is part of what my campaign is all about," said the President-elect.
This video is from MSNBC's News Live, broadcast Dec. 22, 2008.
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Home "Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest," said Rep. Frank (D-Mass) to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday. "I found that deeply offensive and unfair."
"I believe that [Obama] overestimates his ability to get people to put aside fundamental differences," said Frank.
"He talks about being post-partisan but I've worked, frankly, with Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay, and the current Republican leadership. The current Republican leadership in the House repudiated George Bush. I don't know why Mr. Obama thinks he's going to have them better than George Bush. And to be honest, when he talks about being post partisan, having seen these people and knowing what they would do in that situation, I suffer from post partisan depression."
Rev. Rick Warren leads a southern California mega-church, and is author of the multi-million selling self-help book, "The Purpose Driven Life." Warren and his congregation were instrumental in supporting Proposition 8, a ballot measure passed in Nov. which banned gay marriage in the state.
Obama has maintained that his inclusion of Rev. Warren is part of his efforts to bring separate groups together around common causes.
"That dialogue is part of what my campaign is all about," said the President-elect.
This video is from MSNBC's News Live, broadcast Dec. 22, 2008.
RAWSTORY
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