the priest who will deliver\u00a0the\u00a0benediction at Obama\u2019s second\u00a0inauguration\u00a0was his\u00a0second\u00a0choice<\/a>. \u00a0His first choice? \u00a0A fellow who, back in the 90s,\u00a0apparently took a stand against \u2013 I can\u2019t say it \u2013 homosexuality. He\u2019s out of there! \u00a0In comes the face of modern\u00a0liberalism:\u00a0 99% conformity will no do. \u00a0You have to conform 100% to the dogmas of progressive thought if you are to be embraced by liberalism\u2019s dogmatic definitions of diversity. <\/p>\nAh, remember back in the day, before we were as enlightened as we are today, when Billy Graham would take part in the\u00a0inaugurations\u00a0 and nobody tried to label him as unworthy of a tolerant society for failure to conform? \u00a0When we didn\u2019t judge everyone based on this or that position. \u00a0When a person could be a person, even if we disagreed? \u00a0Thank goodness we\u2019re past those dark ages.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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