rightwingwatch.org - 12/17/2008
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Rick Warren is often considered one of the most influential leaders of the so-called "New Evangelical" movement that is working to expand the evangelical agenda beyond its anti-gay, anti-abortion traditions to embrace things like poverty, climate change, and human rights. ...
youtube.com - 12/17/2008
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youtube.com —
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-warren-surprises- nobody-his-support-prop-8"New Evangelical" leader Rick Warren comes out
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Rick Warren Endorses Prop 8 (video)
americablog.com - 12/17/2008
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americablog.com —
Gee, maybe Donnie McClurkin wasn't a fluke. Picking
Rick Warren to give THE invocation is abominable .
I'm doing my research and will be updating this post in a minute. Rick Warrens eats with gays But hey, Rick Warren says being gay isn't the ...
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Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher ...
rightwingwatch.org - 12/17/2008
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rightwingwatch.org —
It seems that no matter how many times
people, including us , point out that Rick Warren
is really just a friendlier version of James Dobson , his media-driven reputation as some sort of "moderate" evangelical preacher continues to win out ...
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Warren To Deliver Invocation at Inaguration
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Rick Warren??
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... is the pastor of the California-based megachurch known as Saddleback and the author of super-bestseller The Purpose Driven Life. He wins plaudits from mainstream media types and Very Serious People because he is trying to expand the evangelical community's priorities beyond the standard social issues. He wants to see more attention paid to poverty, climate change, AIDS, and human rights. That's all well and good, but Warren still has many views that match the hardline right. He strongly supported Proposition 8. He considers stem cells "non-negotiable." He ...
Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for inauguration ceremony
Feministing —
... January.
Dr. Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life," will deliver the invocation. He will be followed by Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, who sang "Someday We'll All Be Free" and "Respect" at a concert for Bill Clinton in 1993, but not at the inaugural ceremony.
What?! Surely Obama could have found a non-bigoted religious leader to give the invocation. Warren, despite being considered a nicer-and-friendlier "new evangelical," equates same-sex marriage with incest, says Christians who work for social justice are basically ...
Homobigot Rick Warren to deliver invocation at inauguration
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... to pressure him to change his views on the issue of reproductive choice. He came out strongly in support of Prop 8, saying “there is no need to change the universal, historical defintion of marriage to appease 2 percent of our population ... This is not a political issue—it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about.” He’s ...
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alarmingnews.com 12/20/2008 — SUCKERS: The Human Rights Campaign sent a blistering letter to Obama (D) in which it called the choice of Warren "a genuine blow" to gay Americans, who supported Obama overwhelmingly in his race against Republican nominee John McCain. The letter...
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