Executive Director, Equality California
Executive director of Equality California
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Geoff Kors
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Obama's Inaugural Invocation Choice of Rick Warren Fuels Outrage Orange County's conservative Megachurch pastor Rick Warren interviewed John McCain and Barack Obama back-to-back after each won his respective presidential nomination. Now, Obama has chosen Warren for the invocation at his inauguration, even though the two disagree on many issues, including gay rights and Proposition 8 on last month's California ballot. The choice of Warren for the inaugural invocation has provoked an outcry. Geoff Kors is Executive Director of Equality California.
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