Hoping for the best:
Let's hope that Rick Warren will use his channel of communication to the new President to press him for more pro-family policies-rather than simply being used by Mr. Obama to make political inroads with evangelicals.
Of course, being "pro-family" for Perkins and Warren definitionally excludes gay family members. My own view at the end of this deeply upsetting day is that we should all take a deep breath. That doesn't mean forgetting this; or denying the untruths and prejudices of Rick Warren. It means focusing on getting Obama to support the substantive work of equality; and making the case ourselves.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/tony-perkins-on-rick-warren/207329/
