Why is Rick Warren Praying at Obama's Inauguration Controversial?

Gay leaders are "furious" at President-elect Barack Obama.

Why?

Because Obama had the audacity to ask Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. Can you believe that? Can you believe that Obama had the nerve to ask an evangelical pastor to pray at his inauguration?

Warren, who gained worldwide notoriety for authoring the Purpose Driven Life series, is the pastor of Saddleback Church in California and hosted a popular televised forum for John McCain and Obama during the election.

Warren gained the ire of the "LGBT community" for supporting Proposition 8 -- the controversial bill recently passed banning same-sex marriage in California.

Therefore, this Christian pastor is unfit to pray for Obama.

I understand that because Warren lives in California, he had the opportunity to actually vote on the bill and not just rebuke or support it from another state. So, naturally, Obama could've chosen Joel Osteen or TD Jakes (both, by the way, oppose same-sex marriage) to deliver the invocation. I have a feeling that no matter which Christian pastor Obama would have chosen, the LGBT community would have been upset.

Newsflash: the majority of evangelicals don't support same-sex marriage. And it's not like Obama just chose a conservative judge. He chose a Christian pastor to deliver the prayer.

Why is this controversial?

This is one of the reasons why I find it hard not to be immensely annoyed by the "LGBT community" (not to be confused with people that I know who are gay or lesbian). Why do they feel like everything in life has to cater to them? Their outrage at the passage of Proposition 8 is justified. But the world is not going to be stopped and every supporter of Prop 8 ostracized because this small group of people are "outraged". It's ridiculous.

The LGBT community supported Barack Obama's presidency but so did a whole lot of people who don't support same-sex marriage. So, now what?

This one instance is just an illumination of a larger problem with Obama's candidacy and ultimately his presidency. Obama drew support from so many different types of people. Therefore, for the next four (or eight) years, these people are going to come calling for their issues to take precedence. He can't possibly please everyone.

Let's say for instance that Obama caves to the "LGBT outrage" and cancels Rick Warren (this is highly unlikely). The outrage will rise up on the other side. So, no matter what, Obama's decisions are always going to upset someone that supported him for president.

I just wish the "LGBT community" would save their outrage for things that matter -- and a Christian pastor who played a significant part in the presidential election praying at an inauguration is not one of those things.