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Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher to give the invocation at inaugural
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... dinner with gays. How white of him. Lamenting the "tyranny of activist judges," who obstruct the will of the majority, he evinces no understanding of minority rights or the judiciary's role in enforcing them. Explaining his views about homosexuality and gay rights, he notes, "I don't think that homosexuality is the worst sin," and, "By the way, my wife and I had dinner at a gay couple's home two weeks ago. So I'm not [a] homophobic guy, okay?"Rick Warren equates gay marriage to incest and raping children Rick Warren: But ...
Homobigot Rick Warren to deliver invocation at inauguration
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... UPDATE: Here’s a nice tidbit about Warren. He thought of his support for Prop 8 as a “free speech” matter. Via Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin: ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I don't have much to add to the reasons you already know about. The support for Proposition 8 and the comparison of gay marriage to child rape, incest, and polygamy. The cheerleading for a ...
John Aravosis: Leaked Obama Transcript Explains Rick Warren Decision
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... Diane Feinstein (D-CA):
BARACK OBAMA: So who we gonna have do the invocation at my inaugural?
DIANNE FEINSTEIN: Oh my God, you're gonna love this, B.
BO: Okay Di, hit me.
DIFI: Ready? Rick. Warren.
BO: You mean conservative evangelical Christian leader Rick Warren?
DIFI: Yup.
BO: Rick Warren who wants to ban all abortions and basically said that I support a holocaust?
DIFI: Uh huh.
BO: The guy who compared gay marriage to pedophilia and incest, and helped lead the fight for Prop 8 in ...
12/18: Rickrolled
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... 's Jim Burroway : "This is the same Rick Warren who recently said that the relationships of his “many gay friends” are no different from child rape, incest or polygamy . He also jumped on the paranoia bandwagon surrounding same-sex marriage by falsely claiming that Prop 8’s failure somehow ...
Salon Radio: Glenn Greenwald and I discuss Obama and Rick Warren
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... five hours of sleep. We went over that topic as well as Prop 8 and race in a 20-minute podcast. A snippet of the intro by Glenn @ Salon: Of all the preachers Obama could have selected to elevate and validate (and, in every sense, it was Obama’s choice), Warren is one of the most destructive—not only having been one of the most vocal supporters for Proposition 8, but also using the most inflammatory rhetoric on gay issues generally, expressing anti-abortion views in the most fanatical terms ...
In new video, Rick Warren accuses gays of "hateful attacks," "hate speech," "Christ-ophobia," and of being "evil"
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... the new video, Warren accuses gays of "hate speech," of launching "hateful attacks" against him, and he then says that gay and lesbian Americans have "Christ-ophobia," a clear effort to mock the term "homophobia." He goes on to explain that gays are "afraid of any Christian," suggesting that gay and lesbian Americans - gay and lesbian Obama voters - are not Christians. He then goes on to call gays criticizing him "evil." All this from a man who compared gay marriage to incest and pedophilia, and who ...
Reason Writers Around Town: Splice Today Interviews Nick Gillespie
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... What the hell was that? An unpublished Nipsey Russell rhyme from a lost episode of The $100,000 Pyramid? Yellow will be mellow? When the Jew can drink Mountain Dew? The wop can be a cop? The kraut can give a shout? Between Lowery, Rick "I've eaten dinner in gay homes" Warren, and Obama himself, there was way too much god-talk for me. I think religion is a great thing, but I also think that religiosity in a limited-government, small-r republican structure is always annoying, whether it's coming from a biblical literalist such as George ...
Apparently you have Rick Warren scared. He's lying again.
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... is hurting from having his homophobia exposed. Though I'm not sure a religious "leader" should be resorting to lying in order to clear his record. First, Warren told King that he never compared gay marriage to incest and pedophilia: I was asked a question that made it sound like I equated gay marriage with pedophilia or incest, which I absolutely do not believe.Yeah, THE QUESTION sounded like Warren was equating them. Let me share with you THE QUESTION, and then Warren's answer Steven Waldman: One controversial moment for you ...
Rick Warren Claims He's Not A Homophobe
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Rick Warren goes on national TV and lies through his teeth; via Americablog, here's Warren, speaking to Larry King: I was asked a question that made it sound like I equated gay marriage with pedophilia or incest, which I absolutely do not believe. Oh, okay. He was misunderstood ... it just sounded like he equated it with pedophilia and incest: Steven Waldman: One controversial moment for you in the last election was your support for Proposition 8 in California. [...] Rick ...
