huffingtonpost.com - 12/19/2008
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Barack Obama's decision to have Rick Warren deliver the inaugural invocation, will no doubt frustrate or infuriate many Obama supporters. In a recent interview with Beliefnet and the Wall Street Journal , Warren equated gay marriage to incest, pedophilia and polygamy and repeated the inaccurate ...
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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Something Good About Warren
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
From huffpost, of all places: Warren has used his fame and fortune primarily to help the most destitute people in the world. He reverse tithes, giving away 90% and keeping 10%. Please contemplate all the religious figures who have gotten rich off their flock and pocketed the money. Who among you reverse tithe or would if you were rich? I know I don't, and every time I think about what Warren has done it makes me question whether I'm giving enough. (Hat tip: Frum) ...
One (Really, Really) Cool Thing About Rick Warren
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Of course, when Warren publicly preaches against Prop 8, he's living out values that he doesn't share with me. But that little factoid is still pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do the same if I made what he makes. That's from the Huffington Post, where you'll find a progressive defense of Warren. ...
Roasting Nuts by an Open Fire
TPMCafe —
... Steve Waldman of belief.net applauds the famous bigoted minister Rick Warren for his commitment to the poor. This commitment consists of support for tithing. In other words, there is nothing wrong with the fundamental rules of Capitalism, it is merely suggested that those who prevail in this execrable, crooked contest dispense a modest portion of their ill-gotten gains on a purely voluntary basis. In this respect, the Minister Warren's posture on economic issues is inferior to that on gay rights, abortion, and so on. ...
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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's Controversial Comments on Gay Marriage
- Steven Waldman
blog.beliefnet.com 12/23/2008 — The following is the controversial portion of the interview with Rick Warren focused on gay marriage, civil unions and divorce. In brackets are clarifications that Warren asked to include after reading a transcript of the original interview: ...
Did Rick Warren Do Enough to Stop Torture?
- Steven Waldman
blog.beliefnet.com 12/16/2008 — One of the great unwritten stories of the Bush years is why religious leaders remained so quiet on torture. Most conservative Christian leaders were mum. Rick Warren, a.k.a. America's Pastor, did make a statement against torture a couple of years ago ...
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 ...
Apparently you have Rick Warren scared. He's lying again.
americablog.com 4/7/2009 — The last time we heard form our friend Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor Obama invited to give the swearing in at the inaugural, Warren was claiming that he never compared gay marriage to pedophilia and incest. Uh huh. Well, Warren went on Larry ...
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 ...
A Passing Thought On Rick Warren
fivethirtyeight.com 12/24/2008 — One reason that cultural issues like abortion have been successful rallying points for Republicans is because such issues tend to beget an asymmetry of passion. While a majority of the country supports abortion rights under most circumstances, the ...
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 ...
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