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Aretha Franklin a Horrible Choice to Sing at Obama's Inauguration

Civil rights advocates still stung by the defeat of Prop. 8 in California have a damn good right to voice their displeasure over Barack Obama's selection of anti-gay Calif. pastor Rick Warren as the man who will deliver his inaugural invocation. But that's not the only pick that should have people ... More >>

Where Are You Watching Next Tuesday Morning?

President-elect Barack Obama becomes President Barack Obama this coming Tuesday morning. Not many of us have the money or the hotel room in Washington, DC to attend the inaugural festivities. But Seattle has several local alternatives. (And, please, send your submissions to events@seattleweekly.com, ... More >>

Obama: Good for the Gays

"The God that he's praying to is not the God that I know." That's what Gene Robinson recently told The New York Times about Rick Warren. But the latter, via his suburban California megachurch, preaches to a much larger flock. And Robinson, an Episcopal bishop in tiny, free-thinking New Hampshire, mi ... More >>

More Random Inaugural Errata

How in heck could President Barack Obama completely flub the oath of office? Listening on the radio, coming into Seattle this morning, it was heartbreaking to hear the Commander-in-Chief botch the most important act he'll ever do in his lifetime.Almost drove the Stang into a median while Chief Justi ... More >>

Now That We've Overcome One Barrier

(Rick Warren speaks to the Almighty, on everyone's behalf.) ...can we please leave another in the dustbin and get rid of these public "prayers" at our political events?  I'm no religion-hater--I love the imagery, the aspirations it embodies, the vocabulary it gives us for expressing, and achie ... More >>

Inauguration Day Viewing Party

(Rick Warren speaks to the Almighty, on everyone's behalf.) ...can we please leave another in the dustbin and get rid of these public "prayers" at our political events?  I'm no religion-hater--I love the imagery, the aspirations it embodies, the vocabulary it gives us for expressing, and achie ... More >>

Gene Robinson

(Rick Warren speaks to the Almighty, on everyone's behalf.) ...can we please leave another in the dustbin and get rid of these public "prayers" at our political events?  I'm no religion-hater--I love the imagery, the aspirations it embodies, the vocabulary it gives us for expressing, and achie ... More >>

The AIDS Evangelists

World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

Huffington Post Asks: Is Hutchison Washington's Sarah Palin?

Susan like me? Oh yeah, you betcha.​Well, sort of. Both their careers were jump-started thanks to their looks; beauty queen for one, newscaster for the other. But Bellevue psychologist, author and former evangelical Valerie Tarico tells Huffington Post that the comparison holds water for reaso ... More >>