americablog.com - 12/19/2008
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I watched a jaw-dropping interview with Barack Obama's invocation speaker. Seriously, I was dumbstruck. This is the guy who Barack Obama wants on the stage at his inauguration. When asked if he would change his views if he thought being gay was biological, Warren said no. And, he went on. He ...
time.com - 12/19/2008
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time.com —
About three years ago, a reporter at Fortune
asked Rick Warren the successful pastor whom the...
President-elect has asked to pray at his inauguration about homosexuality. "I'm no homophobic guy," Warren said. His proof? He had dined with gays; he ...
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The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama
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Warren: Gay people are immature.
Think Progress —
... at his inauguration. During the interview, Warren said that “it doesn’t matter” whether or not homosexuality is “part of your biology”; it’s still wrong. Attempting to explain himself, he compared accepting one’s homosexuality to being “naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see.” Resisting homosexuality is about “maturity,” he concluded: ...
RICK WARREN: Hey Homos, Reign In Your Gayness!
Taylor Marsh —
... Warren, which will be mentioned by many in any historical note written about it. What it will say about our new president is nothing positive. Civil rights is not something we "agree to disagree upon." For Democrats ushering in a new century it’s a line in the sand that must never be crossed.
Obama’s selection of Warren is something you’d expect from a Republican. It’s also Obama’s intention. That about says it all.
h/t to Joe @ Americablog for the video clip. ...
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The Hollywood Liberal —
... at his inauguration. During the interview, Warren said that “it doesn’t matter” whether or not homosexuality is “part of your biology”; it’s still wrong. Attempting to explain himself, he compared accepting one’s homosexuality to being “naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see .” Resisting homosexuality is about “maturity,” he concluded: CURRY: If science finds that this is biological, indisputably…would you change your position? WARREN: No. … We all have biological predispositions. … You say because I have natural impulses to the same sex, I shouldn’t ...
Warren Supports Program That Seeks To Cure Gays Of ‘Same Sex Attraction’
Think Progress —
... ” because he believes it is still wrong. Warren added that it’s “part of maturity” for gay men and women to “reign” in their “impulses to the same sex.” ...
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