As part of the Prayer for Barack Obama:
Give him a quiet heart, for our Ship of State needs a steady, calm captain for these times, not a fierce warrior who knee-jerk reacts to every real or perceived threat.
Nice to know that we’re going to start the new Administration off right: which is to say, with a petty slam against the previous one…
Moe Lane
PS: By the way, Bishop Robinson? I don’t give a tinker’s dam about the gay thing. Heck, I even support SSM. But I must note that your sneer against a “perceived threat” loses some of its luster when you contemplate that there are radical Islamist groups out there that want to murder you for your sexual orientation. There are, in fact, radical Islamist nations out there that do murder people for their sexual orientation.
So try to remember who your enemies really are. Because if you don’t, they’re more likely to remind you by (wholly unjustified) surprise.
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Think of it as an offset to his base for Rick Warren
bk (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 11:53AM EST (link)There's that
BlueLandRed (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 11:59AM EST (link)and it probably allows him to drag is feet a little before he goes after “Don’t ask, don’t tell”.
Worse, the prayer is badly written
icbm (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:16PM EST (link)“a fierce warrior who knee-jerk reacts to every real or perceived threat”???
Awful writing
Is it any surprise?
kat (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:30PM EST (link)I look at the way GWB is ending his term compared to the way the Clintons left in 2001. Class vs. crass. No smashed computers, first lady taking good that weren’t hers, etc. Dems have no class and even when totally in power, they still have to act childish.
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NOT for the inaugural
cehwiedel Monday, January 12th at 12:31PM EST (link)The linked story says that the prayer was posted at Bishop Robinson’s diocesan website and will NOT be used at the inaugural.
So not a cheap shot during the actual inaugural, at least not yet.
Still bad writing.
Always think of the audience when picking a fight.
Yes/no: it's an official inaugural event, but not on 01/20.
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:37PM EST (link)Which is really insulting to progressives, now that I think about it. Warren gets all the cameras; Robinson gets to lurk over to one side. Heckuva metaphor there.
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Well not exactly...
ajl_mo (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:32PM EST (link)FTA…
“For those looking for more clues as to what Robinson might say, the bishop has just posted on his diocesan web site a prayer for the inauguration that he wrote for GQ magazine (this is not the prayer he will deliver Sunday):”
The “Give him a quiet heart, for our Ship of State needs a steady, calm captain for these times, not a fierce warrior who knee-jerk reacts to every real or perceived threat.” line is apparently not part of the inaugural prayer at the time the article was written.
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I've been watching hate speech like Robinson's for years now, ajl_mo.
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:43PM EST (link)If this isn’t publicized, he will do everything that I said that he would.
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Post-partisan??
azaeroprof (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:37PM EST (link)Gee, and all this time I thought that “post-partisan” meant going beyond partisanship. Looks like it really means “post” as in a wide receiver running a “post” pattern, like going for a touchdown for partisanship.
Just shows what small, petty men O’ (and Bishop Robinson) are. I guess if you see Hamas as someone to “talk” to, then where in the world could you EVER perceive a threat?
Is Robinson divisive?
willtenn Monday, January 12th at 12:44PM EST (link)“Bishop” Robinson has completely divided the Episcopal church because of his choice to live in a filthy relationship. Pastor Warren on the other hand echoes the views on homosexual marriage of the vast majority of Americans, regardless of religion, geography, race or gender. Now, who is divisive? I will wait for the media to tell me.
Agree 100%
Praying (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 1:07PM EST (link)My family and I left the Episcopal Church several years ago over this – as an evangelical, I could no longer respect a religious entity that was so in opposition to biblical truths. It’s too bad our religious leaders are so divisive – I don’t remember anyone ever complaining about Billy Graham!
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wayneinnh (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 12:45PM EST (link)used to be such a nice place to live. We have now become North Massachusetts.
I was married in the Church of The Good Shepherd, an Episcopal church in Nashua, NH. It saddens me to see what has happened to the church. There is only a fraction of the people who used to attend and Robinson is a total “in your face” jerk. Keep praying they will find their way and return to the fold.
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My parents say the same thing about Vermont
kat (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 1:26PM EST (link)They honeymooned there and were consistent visitors through the years. They can’t believe the change in those 40 years.
I love visiting Vermont too and have entertained thoughts about moving there, but I would be even more out of my element politically than I am in PA.
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My first "knee-jerk" thought was
Lammo (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 1:18PM EST (link)I wonder which liberal Catholic bishop has gone off the reservation? I should have known it would be “the only openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church”. What a maroon.
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I think I'll do myself a disservice...
Amy Miller (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 1:29PM EST (link)…and post the column I was writing about this on Facebook instead. (So I can be like Tina Fey and tell all the haters to suck it…?)
Moe, you pretty much said it all.
After reading this, I need to go take a shower.
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Alternatively, Amy Miller, you can put it in a diary...
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, January 12th at 1:51PM EST (link)…and then use Share This to put a link to it in Facebook.
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If this is a prayer, I can just imagine how classy the official poem will be.
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