Earlier this week, the Inaugural Committee announced that Rev. Louie Giglio would deliver an inaugural benediction.
.@BarackObama has chosen Myrlie Evers-Williams and Pastor Louie Giglio to offer prayers at his ceremonial swearing-in: http://t.co/1tgUuvvW
— Obama Inauguration (@obamainaugural) January 8, 2013
But yesterday, Giglio withdrew his name after progressives cried “homophobe.”
Change of plans… http://t.co/Aw0kz7SF
— Louie Giglio (@louiegiglio) January 10, 2013
Left-wing sites like ThinkProgress pounced on a 1990s sermon Giglio gave on the “Christian Response to Homosexuality” and gleefully bullied him out of the inaugural program.
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289777234682712064
Giglio preached that homosexuality is a sin, gay relationships are a choice and same-sex partnerships should not be “given full standing as any other lifestyle, as it relates to family.” Agree or disagree, the sermon was hardly outside the mainstream beliefs held by many Christians. And in a letter sent to the White House, Giglio wrote, “Clearly, speaking on this issue has not been in the range of my priorities in the past fifteen years.”
Fox News analyst Kirsten Powers tore into the “intolerant left” for claiming yet another “scalp.”
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289422168805240832
Powers is a Democrat who served in the Clinton administration. Is she being sarcastic?
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/289430585443749888
Nope. Powers has a history of fighting like a girl, even if it means departing from the Democrat party line.
As Powers notes, Giglio has dedicated himself to fighting human trafficking and sex slavery.
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https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/statuses/289422587472261120
In fact, that’s why he was chosen to deliver the benediction. But that’s worth nothing to the Left if he won’t toe every progressive line.
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/statuses/289577525171089411
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289578705368530944
We won’t hold our breath on that one.
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289579594988781568
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289579075834621952
Shh. Don’t give them any ideas.
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289580012837928961
A spokeswoman for the Inaugural Committee said, “We were not aware of Pastor Giglio’s past comments at the time of his selection and they don’t reflect our desire to celebrate the strength and diversity of our country at this inaugural.” Hardly a welcome mat.
Exit question from Powers:
https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/289580334830456834
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