President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Rick Warren, the vocal pastor of the Saddleback mega-church in Orange County, to deliver his inaugural invocation. It’s a choice that has outraged gay rights groups. We talk about the selection and the broader role religion may play in the Obama administration.
Guests:
Steven Waldman, editor-in-chief, president and co-founder of Beliefnet, a for-profit, independent spiritual web site not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement
E.J. Dionne Jr., columnist for The Washington Post, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of "Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right"
Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, a non-profit civil rights organization that advocates for the rights of LGBT people in California
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