Besides filling Cabinet posts, President-elect Barack Obama has been announcing the program for next month's inauguration ceremonies. A lot of controversy followed the announcement that Pastor Rick ...

President-elect Barack Obama's choice of conservative Christian minister Rick Warren to give the inauguration invocation conforms perfectly with the president-elect's pledge of inclusiveness. The ...

IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE that gay rights activists would be hot about President-elect Barack Obama asking California Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inauguration invocation. The evangelical superstar ...

Poor Rick Warren. After President-elect Obama selected the evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, gays and liberals kicked up a ruckus. I bet the California megachurchster ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Rev. Rick Warren has delivered the inaugural invocation, saying Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president represents a pivotal point in history. Calling ...

San Francisco Gavin Newsom (D), a strong backer of gay marriage rights, said that President-elect Obama’s inclusion of gay marriage opponent Rick Warren at the inauguration can serve as a chance to ...

WASHINGTON – Gay rights advocates are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama's choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, saying it shows disrespect for ...

CHICAGO — Calling on Americans to "come together, even though we may have disagreements on certain social issues," President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of conservative ...

Saddleback Church Pastor and Barack Obama Inauguration Invocation Giver Rick “The Purpose Driven Life” Warren is very good friends—best buddies—with Martin Ssempa, the Ugandan pastor and raving ...

Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration has been characterized as -- at best -- a giant blunder. But it might turn out to be just another canny move from this ...