No F**king Compromise on Warren!!!!

[percussivemadness]

I am straight and English so lets get that out of the way initially...

I choose to live here because of what I believe, namely America is a country made up of fundamentally decent human beings. For the last 8 years, I have witnessed the ugly side of America. It is a characteristic I don`t find pleasant, however it is one I can certainly identify. Simply put, it is bigotry. I watched as a percentage of Americans cheered "shock and awe", or the murder of people of brown coloured skin. I watched and became outraged as a percentage of Americans sat back and did nothing whilst people of brown coloured skin floated in the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.For the last 8 years, I have seen atrocity after atrocity committed in the name of America, both on people abroad and here in the USA, by the same percentage of Americans.

From their leader down, these Americans commit/condone these acts in the name of their God, a God that Warren represents. This evil God, who thrives on hate, bigotry, murder and death. This evil God is not my God, a god of love, tolerance, hope and light. Warren represents this evil God who has guided Bush for the last 8 years. Warren represents this evil god who has been cited to justify the amount of atrocities done by human beings against human beings. Warren represents this evil God who thrives on division and bigotry.

I understand the argument that Obama wants to "bring the country together". However, Obama forgets that the majority of the American public rejected the old way. They rejected the politics of death and destruction, politics that have been justified in the name of a God more representative of Satan . His inauguration should be a moment of light, should be a moment of love, should be a moment of hope, yet by allowing Warren to speak, he has allowed darkness to permeate this.

The LGTB community has a right to be outraged by this, however, so do the straight community. This is not simply about a "pastor" saying a prayer, it is about what this pastor represents. It is not up to me to make a concession to the evangelical right, they have never made a concession to me. I have no obligation to the evangelical right, because the have committed acts in my name that I don`t agree with and questioned my character when I questioned their actions. There is no compromise with the evangelical right and I didn`t campaign for Obama to elect a man of compromise, I elected Obama to make a stand in the face of the rampant evil that has permeated our society.

The people spoke when Obama was elected. I don`t care if some deranged lunatic gets offended because Warren doesn`t speak, I don`t care if those people who cheered 8 years of death and destruction aren`t represented. There is no compromise here, none whatsoever, and no one, be they straight, gay, black or brown should be forced to rationalise this choice of Obama. I know this is a rather dramatic analogy, but should Nixon have allowed James Earl Ray to have spoken at his inauguration? After all, Ray "represented" the views of many Americans.

On January 20th, there should be no representation of bigotry and hate at the inauguration and I for one will not compromise on this critical point. If Obama chooses to stand next to evil so be it, if Obama chooses to give evil a voice so be it, but he will not be the man I believed him to be.