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Not All Gays Have a Problem With Rick Warren
pajamasmedia.com - 12/22/2008
Not All Gays Have a Problem With Rick Warren
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Opposing same-sex marriage does not make Warren - or anyone else - bigoted or hateful.

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The Anchoress:  Quick links around

PoliGazette:  Blatt and Warren

GayPatriot:  My input on the Warren Brouhaha

Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site
americablog.com - 12/22/2008
Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site
— americablog.com — Deny me three times, Rick? So Rick Warren pulled the anti-gay language from his church Web site. The site used to explicitly ban gays from membership in the church. Now the offending language is gone , but you can still find the anti-gay language ... (more) Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site

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Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com - 12/23/2008
Hullabaloo
— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Monday, December 22, 2008 One Way Street by digby I saw something very interesting today on MSNBC. Barnicle, filling in for Matthews on Hardball , hosted Reverend Eugene Rivers, a well respected, uncontroversial African American preacher, and Mike ... (more) Hullabaloo

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google.com - 12/21/2008
The Associated Press: Lawmaker says `no' to Rev. Warren at inauguration
— google.com — Lawmaker says `no' to Rev. Warren at inauguration 12 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The first openly gay member of Congress said Sunday it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his ... (more) The Associated Press: Lawmaker says `no' to Rev. ...

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Quick links around
The Anchoress — ... Rick Warren: I haven’t been following this but it seems not every gay person is freaking out about Obama’s inviting him to participate in the inaugural. ...

Blatt and Warren
PoliGazette — More sanity on Warren: It’s unfortunate that some gay activists (and their allies on the left) have let their disagreement with the prominent pastor on this one issue color their reaction to the president-elect’s choice. To be sure, had Warren expressed his support of Proposition 8 in the hateful tones of some of the proposition’s proponents, these activists would have a point. But, in coming out against gay marriage, Warren didn’t attack gay people. He merely expressed his belief that gender difference was a defining aspect of the ...

My input on the Warren Brouhaha
GayPatriot — ... selection of Warren, Darrel Cummings, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Chief of Staff, contended: If President-elect Obama’s selection of Rick Warren to give his inaugural invocation is intended to send a message to America that he will be an inclusive leader, then he has clearly made a decision that the exclusion of the LGBT community is acceptable. Excluding gay people?  Hardly. To read the rest, click here to read the rest over at Pajamas. I particularly like the subhead they gave the piece: “Opposing ...

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