Turn Your Back On Rick

A group on Facebook has been created, Turn Your Back On Rick. From the page:

If you are attending the inauguration in Washington, D.C.—and there will be almost 4 million—TURN YOUR BACK ON RICK as he begins to speak on the stage. This small gesture will not only make Warren pay attention, but will certainly have the attention of President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and the numerous elected officials who will be present that day. And for those of you around the country and world who will be at home with family, at a party with friends, or alone in front of the television, we also ask you to TURN YOUR BACK ON RICK.

We can no longer watch our civil rights be compromised.

We MUST ACT at the swearing in ceremony, whether you are several blocks away from the Capitol watching on a jumbotron, or 2,000 miles away in your home, TURN YOUR BACK ON RICK and let the world know that OUR LIVES, OUR LOVE AND OUR MARRIAGES MATTER!

Comments

[Jen L.]

Oh for heaven's sake! Obama chose Warren for whatever reason and I trust Obama's decisions. To make a political statement DURING A PRAYER after all the work we've done to get Obama elected is insulting. Write Warren a letter, but for Pete's sake, don't ruin the inauguration. Get a grip, people.
Jen

[B. Dunston]

Jen,

Your comment is unintentionally ironic. Do you not realize that for Rick Warren--a man who represents rank bigotry against women and gays--to be asked to give an invocation is GROSSLY INSULTING to millions of progressives who worked our butts off for Obama? Warren is NOT "change we can believe in." It is retrogression.

The selection of Warren is a political choice that will be publicly realized at a civic event. (Does it actually need to be pointed out to you that the inauguration is not a religious event?) Public protest during the same public, civic event--at which a political choice will tromp onto the stage with all his bigoted beliefs intact (it's not as if he's a warm, embracing, progressive or even MODERATE spirit who's recanted ANY of the horrible things he's said) is COMPLETELY appropriate.

[Eleanor Priest]

You tell 'em, Jen. "Stay in the back of the bus and just keep quiet, people."

[Eleanor Priest]

Of all the people to pick he picked one of the worst of the religious right. Remember the athiest-killing video game Warren supported? After people have invested so much time and money in Obama the urge to just trust him is there, yes, but what about the urge to demand a higher standard of the man we supported? Just because the standards were so low during the last 8 years doesn't mean that whatever Obama says goes or does is okay. Some of us worked hard for Obama believe emotion and heart says "Trust him" but have seen the nation run on emotions and "instincts" for 8 years, and we need to think things through.