I've made contact with the transition team:
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I'm writing to say that I'm heartily disappointed with the recent selection of Rick Warren to participate in the Inauguration Ceremony. I am a gay man, legally married in MA recently, and have given my support to the Obama campaign and election. This choice of Warren is like a slap in my face. Inviting Warren to offer a prayer, when he has compared my loving relationship to child abuse is a huge insult, and shows a disregard for the community that rallied behind Obama. To brush this off as a symbol of "coming together" on social issues, is to say that my life, my rights, and the question of my equality is open for debate by this new administration. Civil Rights for gay and lesbian people is not simply a social issue, a concept to be debated, it is a reality that so many of us have to live, and often endure, everyday of our lives. Please, reconsider the inclusion of Rick Warren in this Inauguration. Stop digging in your heels, and listen to the cries of the people who helped you get elected!
Steve Clark
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I encourage you
to do the same. I had trouble getting the "contact" page to load. I couldn't link to that page, perhaps you'll have better luck.