getreligion.org - 12/19/2008
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obama and warren We get our share of interesting comments here at this weblog and we also get lots of straw-man sermons that have nothing to do with religion-news coverage. And from time to time we hear from the reporters, editors and religious leaders involved in the actual coverage. Most of ...
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 ...
juancole.com - 12/21/2008
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juancole.com —
I was in Long Beach,Ca. on Saturday for
the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council...
, where Pastor Rick Warren and I were both headliners . Also appearing on the stage Saturday evening were Melissa Etheridge and Salman Ahmad, singing ...
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Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love ...
latimes.com - 12/21/2008
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latimes.com —
A council spokeswoman acknowledged that some members objected
to the choice of the evangelical pastor as the...
keynote speaker. "We're always looking to work with unlikely partners, and I think he's a new kind of evangelical," said spokeswoman Edina ...
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Pastor Rick Warren addresses Muslim group, emphasizes ...
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Rick Warren's "Inclusion"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... a telling moment in Rick Warren's career of reaching out to those who disagree with him. It occurred this summer when a group of gay families asked to talk with Warren and explain their lives at his church. Newsweek and other outlets reported that Warren had agreed to meet with gay Christians from the religious group "Soulforce." And Warren responded with the following statement: ...
Whatever Happened To "Respect Is Earned?"
Open Left - Front Page —
... Meanwhile, consider how agreeable Warren himself chose to be -- how open to dialogue -- after the gay group Soulforce prematurely announced that leaders of Warren's Saddleback church, perhaps including Warren and his wife Kay, had agreed to ...
Christophobia??? Wait A Second, Fellah! YOU'RE The Christophobe!
Open Left - Front Page —
... Meanwhile, consider how agreeable Warren himself chose to be -- how open to dialogue -- after the gay group Soulforce prematurely announced that leaders of Warren's Saddleback church, perhaps including Warren and his wife Kay, had agreed to ...
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Rick Warren -- Out of the Closet!
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 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 and the Presidency
secularright.org 12/19/2008 — 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...