secularright.org - 12/19/2008
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Barack Obama’s invitation to evangelical powerhouse Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation has angered abortion and gay rights advocates. They are overreacting. The invitation merely confirms Obama’s admirable willingness to reach out across a relatively broad ideological spectrum ...
americablog.com - 12/19/2008
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americablog.com —
We get lectures about civility and the need
to welcome everyone, even those we disagree with, and
Rick Warren won't even welcome us in his church. This is from the Saddleback Church's own Web site . You know things are bad when the church goes out of ...
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Rick Warren explicitly bans "unrepentant" gays from ...
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 On Atheists
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Heather Mac Donald is outraged by the Warren pick. Here's why: After his over-hyped and intrusive interviews of Obama and John McCain this last August, the best-selling author of A Purpose-Driven Life disclosed to his congregation at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Ca., the one kind of person he couldn’t vote for. “I could not vote for an atheist because an atheist says, ‘I don’t need God,’” Warren preached, according to the Los Angeles Times. “They’re saying, ‘I’m totally self-sufficient by [myself].’ And nobody is self-sufficient to be president by ...
Rick Warren Hates Atheists, Like Me
Open Left - Front Page —
Left-wing pressure seems to have dubious effect, so here are some right-wing atheists upset with Rick Warren:
Too bad Rick Warren isn't so open-minded. After his over-hyped and intrusive interviews of Obama and John McCain this last August, the best-selling author of A Purpose-Driven Life disclosed to his congregation at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Ca., the one kind of person he couldn't vote for. "I could not vote for an atheist because an atheist says, 'I don't need God,'" Warren preached, according to the Los Angeles Times. "They're saying, 'I'm ...
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tmz.com 12/23/2008 — Filed under: Prez Election 2008 , Barack Obama Rick Warren, the pastor who will deliver the invocation next month for Barack Obama, apparently is doing a little image-adjusting in West Hollywood.We got this pic, taken yesterday at Out of the Closet ...
Rick Warren loves gays, and more
boston.com 12/24/2008 —
Rick Warren (right), the evangelical preacher chosen by Barack Obama to deliver the inaugural invocation, has posted a three-part video to his church's website responding to the furor that has erupted over his selection.
In the video, Warren ...
Rick Warren News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com 12/23/2008 — Rick Warren Articles Free the Saddleback One By Debra J. Saunders (Rasmussen Reports) 12/23/2008 8:08:53 AM Links to 20th Century "Zero Work" Theorizing (Talking Points Memo) 12/23/2008 7:52:45 AM Gay Rights Activist On Hardball, Repeatedly Frustrates ...
Rick Warren, moderate
WWW.samefacts.com 1/10/2009 — Warren thinks stem cell research is so evil that "purpose-driven" people have to oppose politicians who support it. Torture, not so much.
Warren thinks that my fellow atheists and I are automatically unfit to hold public office, because we're ...
People Still Not Getting the Problem with Warren
firedoglake.com 12/24/2008 — Quick quiz. What's misleading about this item?
Rick Warren is being attacked on the left because of his view on gay marriage -- especially after Barack Obama invited him to be part of the inauguration.
The implication here is that Warren's ...
Rick Warren Hates Atheists, Like Me
openleft.com 12/19/2008 — Left-wing pressure seems to have dubious effect , so here are some right-wing atheists upset with Rick Warren :
Too bad Rick Warren isn't so open-minded. After his over-hyped and intrusive interviews of Obama and John McCain this last August, the ...
Rick Warren — AIDS Pimp
fablog.ehrensteinland.com 1/6/2009 — As the ever-estimable Frank Rich reminds us re. Obama’s pathetic excuses for Warrengate –
“Equally lame is the argument mounted by an Obama spokeswoman, Linda Douglass, who talks of how Warren has fought for “people who have ...
Inauguration: The Warren controversy —
First Read 12/19/2008
Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor whose inclusion at Obama’s inauguration has upset gay-rights supporters, released this statement last night: "I commend President-elect Obama for his courage to willingly take enormous heat from his base by ...
Navarrette: Respect Obama's choice of Warren —
CNN.com - Politics 12/19/2008
If controversies were sitcoms, the ruckus over Barack Obama's decision to have the invocation at his inaugural ceremony given by Rick Warren -- bestselling author and pastor of the 20,000-member Saddleback Church in Southern California -- would be the ...