Why Pastor Rick Warren said 'yes' to Obama

With fewer than 10 days until the inauguration of our new president, the argument over his choice of which pastor will deliver the opening prayer — the first words of this historic ceremony — will soon heat up again.

President-elect Barack Obama invited Pastor Rick Warren to lead our nation in prayer. When Warren consented, there arose what this newspaper described as “a hissy fit on the left and grumbling on the right.”