Rick Warren is applauding Barack Obama's decision to invite homosexual Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson to pray at an inauguration event next week in Washington, DC.

Christianity Today quotes a statement from Warren, who says "President-elect Obama has again demonstrated his genuine commitment to bringing all Americans of goodwill together in search of common ground. I applaud his desire to be the president of every citizen." Warren's comment came in the wake of a controversy over Obama's decision to invite Warren to give the invocation prayer at the swearing-in ceremony at next Tuesday's Presidential Inauguration...

(CNSNews.com) – It will be up to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team whether Pastor Rick Warren’s prayer at the inauguration is vetted in advance, a spokeswoman for Warren’s Saddleback Church tells CNSNews.com.

The spokeswoman would not say whether Warren would object to having his prayer reviewed – or edited – in advance by Obama...

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama made no apologies Thursday for
asking evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his
inauguration, a move that infuriated gays angry at Warren's support for
California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

Obama said he and Warren don't agree on everything, but he's collected a
group of people to appear at his inauguration who share a variety of viewpoints.