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Rick Warren Doubles Down, Calls Critics "Christophobes" (video)
youtube.com - 12/26/2008
Rick Warren Doubles Down, Calls Critics "Christophobes" (video)
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Rick Warren Doubles Down, Calls Critics "Christophobes"
Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site
americablog.com - 12/22/2008
Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site
— americablog.com — Deny me three times, Rick? So Rick Warren pulled the anti-gay language from his church Web site.... The site used to explicitly ban gays from membership in the church. Now the offending language is gone , but you can still find the anti-gay language ... (more) Rick Warren pulls anti-gay language from his Web site

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Rick Warren Interview with Ann Curry (video)
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youtube.com - 12/20/2008
Rick Warren Interview with Ann Curry (video)
— youtube.com — Rick Warren says gays are just immature because they give into their biological impulses. Is this the... guy Barack Obama should have giving invocation at the ... (more) Rick Warren Interview with Ann Curry (video)

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Rick Warren loves gays, and more
boston.com - 12/24/2008
Rick Warren loves gays, and more
— boston.com — 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 ... (more) Rick Warren loves gays, and more

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Daily Kos:  Rick Warren Doubles Down, Accuses Critics Of "Christophobia"

BlueNC - The people's think tank:  Pandering to Bigots is Wrong

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Rick Warren Doubles Down, Accuses Critics Of "Christophobia"
Daily Kos — Via John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, Rick Warren is doubling down and accusing his critics of "hate-speech" and "Christophobia." Rachel Maddow has the video, and takes Warren to task for the hypocrisy of saying that it's unfair to call his views hateful while simultaneously accusing his critics of hate speech. Moreover, as Rachel notes, Warren flat-out lies about his comments comparing gay marriage to pedophilia and incest. Setting aside Warren's role as inaugural invocation speaker (for a brief moment), I don't think there's any way to defend what he is now saying. I accept the proposition that it's ...

Pandering to Bigots is Wrong
BlueNC - The people's think tank — Rick Warren is a bigot. It doesn't matter how many best-selling books he's written. It doesn't matter how many times he has prayed. It doesn't matter how big his church is or how many followers he has. Rick Warren is a bigot. Barack Obama has endorsed a bigot. It doesn't matter how he paints it. It doesn't matter if he calls it a team of rivals. It doesn't matter if he calls it being inclusive or engaging in "diversity of thought." Barack Obama has endorsed a bigot. To think that a bigot like Rick Warren is representative of all Evangelical Christians is an insult to those Christians who find it possible to live their lives through Christ without engaging in hate speech and bigotry. ...

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