I understand that gay people have been in a constant state of outrage ever since the African American and Latino voters in California voted in favor of Prop 8. But this latest outrage over Rick Warren is pretty ridiculous. You can’t find a more moderate pastor anywhere in America. If you think Rick Warren is an extremist, then it might be you that’s the extremist. I’m not sure where Obama was supposed to find a gay activist / pro-abortion pastor to give the invocation, but maybe they’re out there.

Besides that, the gay community keeps forgetting one thing…

BARACK OBAMA DOESN’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE. HE ONLY SUPPORTS CIVIL UNIONS. HE MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

It looks like John McCain and Barack Obama have finally reached an agreement to appear at a non-debate style forum. On August 16th, the two candidates will appear at Saddleback Church, in Lake Forrest, California. Moderating the event will be the Church’s pastor, Rev. Rick Warren. Warren is best known for writing one of the best selling books of all time, The Purpose Driven Life.

Mr. Warren, the author of the best-selling book “The Purpose-Driven Life,” said he had called each man personally to invite him to his event, which will focus on how they make decisions and on some of Mr. Warren’s main areas of focus, like AIDS, poverty and the environment.

“I just got to thinking, you know what? These guys have never been together on the same stage, it would be a neat way to cap the primary season before they both go to the conventions and things go dark for a couple of weeks,” he said. “I’ve known both the guys for a long time, they’re both friends of mine, and I knew them before they ran for office, so I just called them up.”

He said that both had readily agreed, perhaps reflecting how each candidate is courting the evangelical audience to whom Mr. Warren ministers.

Mr. Warren’s event will have as a co-sponsor Faith in Public Life, the multidenominational religious group that held the Compassion Forum at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., in April, featuring Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania during their primary fight. Mr. Warren said he would devise his questions with input from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders associated with the group.

“Since I’m their friend, I’m not going to give them any gotcha questions,” Mr. Warren said, adding that a typical query would be, “What’s the most difficult decision you’ve had to make, and how did you make it?”

This particular event could prove to be quite interesting given the fact that it won’t be the usual kind of questions. It will be refreshing to have an event like this without the usual left-wing TV anchors pretending to be objective moderators.