# Obama and Rick Warren. Does this bother you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665 "2008-12-18T00:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665/161 "2008-12-29T14:47:05Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > Everybody believed him to be the champion of gay rights in the elections even as he paraded gay-bashing ministers in his stump speeches and even as he made promises to the gay community that no one in his right mind would think achievable. Meh. If it was merely an election ploy, why is he [still doing it](http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/on-transition-website-obama-promises.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665/162 "2008-12-29T18:33:59Z")
He wants to be re-elected doesn’t he? The question is: will he spend political capital on it? It’s easy enough to put it out there and simply claim later that he just didn’t have the support (without really spending any political capital). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665/163 "2008-12-30T11:34:55Z")
It’s a little early to be pandering to your voter base for re-election, no? Easier still to leave it on the back burner where it was, citing more pressing issues in the economic and geopolitical spheres. ---
**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665/164 "2008-12-30T15:42:36Z")
It IS in the back-burner. That’s off his website. Until he spends political capital on it, there’s no risk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-rick-warren-does-this-bother-you/477665.md?page=8)