This debate about Rick Warren at Obama's swearing in ceremony has been interesting to read and I'm in the unusual position of seeing both sides (unusual for me, I mean).  On one hand I absolutely see where Loki (here and here) is coming from and feel that the choice of Warren so soon after the passage of Prop 8 was a lemony-salt mixture in an open wound to the very people who did the grunt work to get Obama elected.  On the other hand I also agree with Stillidealistic (here) that anger and hatred won't get us far - we need to find some common ground in order to make progress.  

So the question is, how do we build on these still-tentative partnerships between religious and secular people of good will? It's going to take more work, a lot more work than we've done so far. The tensions and the suspicions on each side of the religious divide will have to be squarely addressed. And each side will need to accept some ground rules for collaboration.

I think what a lot of us forget is that when we fell for Obama's dreamy spell of Hope, he is that he was offering attempts to bring both sides together and foster a "purple" country, not a promise to only promote OUR side of every issue.  After the "so what?" attitudes of our current President and Vice President to anyone who isn't in the "conservative base" it's hard not to want someone who will give the conservatives the  "nanny-nanny-boo-boo" and uber-liberal policies they so richly deserve.  But, that's not how Obama defined himself and is not what he promised.