The Rick Warren Nontroversy.

It's been almost a month since Obama announced that evangelical megastar Rick Warren would deliver his inaugural invocation. Some people are still mad. But what exactly are they mad about?

Most of Rick Warren's detractors cite his conservative views on gay marriage, including his support for California's proposition 8, as well as his religious beliefs concerning the immorality of homosexual behavior. For many liberal Democrats, these views are simply beyond the realm of acceptability. They applaud Obama's incessant talk of bridging the divide between the right and the left, but offering the spotlight to a "divisive bigot" like Rick Warren is apparently a bridge too far.

Outside of the liberal bubble, things look a little different. While gay marriage is a polarizing issue, it's far less polarizing than many assume. In contrast to the recent failures of two ballot initiatives banning abortion in conservative South Dakota, gay marriage bans have been almost universally successful in states across America. And as proposition 8's victory in deep-blue California proves, opponents of gay marriage aren't defined by party lines. In many cases, America's diversity works to the disadvantage of the "gay rights" lobby. Members of racial minorities may vote overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, but many hold the same conservative views on homosexuality and gay marriage that white evangelicals like Rick Warren espouse.

Same-sex marriage certainly doesn't face same-sect opposition.

But you could throw all that out the window, and the uproar surrounding Rick Warren's selection would still be ridiculous. Just in case anyone missed it, Barack Obama never supported gay marriage in the first place. Sure, he doesn't believe that homosexuality itself is sinful, or support constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, but when it came to the biggest political issue on the "gay agenda", Obama refused to explicitly give his blessing. Instead, Obama repeatedly expressed his belief that "marriage is between a man and a woman." 

This isn't a case of betrayal. This is a case of a mainstream politician who took a mainstream stance on gay marriage and selected a mainstream pastor to say a nice little prayer at his inauguration.

Nothing else.