Why should gays have a say in the President's choice?

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President-elect Barack Obama has selected the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins to deliver the sermon at the national prayer service that is held the day after the inauguration.The choice of Ms. Watkins was not an attempt to mollify critics of Mr. Obama’s decision to have the Rev. Rick Warren give the invocation at the inauguration. The choice of Mr. Warren, a prominent evangelical pastor from California who opposes same-sex marriage, caused an uproar among some of Mr. Obama’s supporters. Obama is already making changes, I see.How can anyone that has sexual preferences change a President's choice of whom he wants to give the national prayer?I think I'll round up thousands that enjoy bj's, sex with animals, etc. and demand he put Rev. Warren back in just for the heck of it and see what the outcome would be. This is most ludicrous & sickening thing I have ever seen. Why should anyone with sexual preferences have any say in anything?http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/us/politics/11minister.htmlLawrence you're wrong, read the article again. He changed when some of his voters didn't want Warren to give the speech. All that I read beforehand was that the gays were having a fit about it.I don't hate gays, but just like any other sexual preference I think it should be kept in their own homes. Would you like to hear someone going around saying they mate with animals, or children, or bj's, all the time. Sex is something that should be private between two people and not broadcast all over the place. It's discusting to hear, not just about gays, but any of it.What's the matter, don't any of you like my "Freedom of Speech"? You don't seem to mind theirs.Jenny...As I already stated...Sexual preferences, any type of sexual preference should not be kept private. Not everyone likes to hear about how a person prefers sex. I don't go around telling everyone my sexual preferences. The gays are about the only ones that disgustingly talk about it and expect special rights, which I think is ridiculous. Got that? IT'S A SEXUAL PREFERENCE!!! It has nothing to do with religion. I could care less what anyone does sexually behind closed doors.Correction: *Should be kept private*Lawrence...If you had been keeping up with the news, Obama picked Warren first. They gay community had a fit about it, because he was against gay marriage, so he picked Sharon Watkins. Don't believe me? Here's one of the many news articles about it. http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-picks-rick-warren-for-invocation.htmlFor those of you that called me names and used foul language, what makes you think you're better than me? I didn't use any, nor did I call the gays bad names. I was merely stating my opinion without rude slurs in regards to "sexual preferences" and believe a person's "sexual preferences" should have no say in anything, but more than that it infuriated me that Obama can be manipulated so easily, so early in the game. To answer the neocon remark...I am neither Dem or Rep and vote for whom I think has our nation's best interest at heart, whom I think will do the best job and has the least questionable background.Most of you judged me and accused me of judging. That's like the pot calling the kettle black, don't you think? Who's the bigger bigot? I could have came up with some really good slurs and name calling, but I'm above that and won't go down to your level.Westhill...Thank you. I appreciate the clarification so muchNow, it's time to ask forgiveness and to apologize to everyone for causing such chaos, especially to the gays. It was not my intention to come across as a bigot, nor judge anyone. I was upset due to the fact that I thought Obama had been swayed so easily and thought if he could be minipulated that easily, he wouldn't be very good in "leading" our country on really important issues. As far as gays being so vocal, I still believe any type of sexual preference should be a quiet, personal matter and not made public and still don't believe everyone needs to know our personal sexual life. I was raised that way and will always have strong feelings about it. We all have different opinions and lifestyles and that will never change, but I hope we can all reflect those opinions without such hatred and name calling as I have seen here.
 
"Why should anyone with sexual preferences have any say in anything?"because there are very few asexual people.you bigot.
 
They are U.S. citizen tax payers and voters. Maybe you should not ask your gf for the back door, oh and maybe you should be more concerned about all the illegal immigrants that mooch off of your tax dollars sneaking in and getting a vote so they can get amnesty.
 
with the filthy liberals around such as hilary clinton and obama gays have the right to but in my opinion they should have 0% rights
 
u have no right to judge ANYONE the only one who may judge is God.I pray that one day you will realize that your homophobic nature is completely idiotic.
 
"we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and are endowed certain unalienable rights..."
 
Dude you got it all wrong. Please don't give us a bad name. I beg you. I agree with the answers above.
 
Well they have freedom of speech and if people choose to listen to them they can. They also have voting rights so they are seen as constituents by politicians. The same reason your opinion matters, because you are a person. People can choose to listen to you or not to you in the same way.
 
Gay activists hate opposing viewpoints that don't agree with their way of life......Obama is just a puppet that worries about his popularity.
 
According to the article, she was chosen before the inaugural program was set.I don't see where the homosexual community had anything to do with this decision,Edit: Cut and pasted from the article:"She was chosen before the inaugural program was even announced,” Ms. Douglass said of Ms. Watkins. “Her appeal is that she delivers a message of unity and inclusivity and tolerance and hope — and those are all central themes we’ve heard from the president-elect.”
 
Yeah pretty much what she said, I don't really understand what is wrong with people being gay! Like it's not like they are an alien race. And also I am a canaidian, and we have seen how badly George bush has messed up everything, so I don't understand why you think barrack is bad!
 
Because gay people pay taxes and are Americans just like everyone else, therefore they should be able to say what they want. It's called freedom of speech.
 
You're a fucking idiot. Why don't you go back to school and pick up in the second grade where you left off and learn to write English, then maybe you can construct a proper English sentence, and maybe even convey an actual thought, rather than an unintelligible rant.
 
Why should anyone mean and rude? For example, you. WE ARE ALL EQUAL!!!! Alot of our population is made up of gays so LIVE WITH IT.
 
Who are we to say who has a right to speak out in this country . If we ban gays , then who is next , blacks . whites , mexicans , Puerto Ricans , Germans French English ? I mean where do we shut up about a specific section of people and start concentrating on fixing all the problems that this nation has right now ? Obama may have been your choice for president , and he may not have been . The very bottom line is he can not do it alone and if we are fighting each other . Man I hate to go back to the 60's but what say we give Peace a chance ?
 
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