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Rick Warren Interview with Ann Curry (video)
youtube.com - 12/20/2008
Rick Warren Interview with Ann Curry (video)
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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 ...

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Quotes of the day

Tammy Bruce:  Shots from the Weekend Show 12/20

Firedoglake:  Did Tammy Lynne Drink the Kool-Aid? Or Will Melissa Change Rick’s Thinking?

David E's Fablog:  Fait Diver: “Another Teriffic Point”

Rick Warren explicitly bans "unrepentant" gays from membership in his church
americablog.com - 12/19/2008
Rick Warren explicitly bans "unrepentant" gays from membership in his church
— 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 ... (more) Rick Warren explicitly bans "unrepentant" gays from ...

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juancole.com - 12/21/2008
Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"
— 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 ... (more) Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love ...

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latimes.com - 12/21/2008
Pastor Rick Warren addresses Muslim group, emphasizes need to find common ground - Los Angeles Times
— 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 ... (more) Pastor Rick Warren addresses Muslim group, emphasizes ...

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Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks — Quotes of the day posted at 9:40 pm on December 19, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly “Gays and lesbians are angry that Barack Obama has honored Warren, but they shouldn’t be surprised. Obama has proved himself repeatedly to be a very tolerant, very rational-sounding sort of bigot .” *

Shots from the Weekend Show 12/20
Tammy Bruce — **This post will be updated throughout the show** Since Jesus gives me the head-shake so much, I thought it was time for me to get a bobblehead. The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama Here's Ann Curry asking Rick Warren about gay marriage and his bizarre response about wanting to sleep with every attractive woman he sees. He has no problem not acting on that, as last time I checked sleeping with someone was a two-way street. Oh, the best part of this? The various looks on Ann Curry's face. Priceless.

Did Tammy Lynne Drink the Kool-Aid? Or Will Melissa Change Rick’s Thinking?
Firedoglake — Tammy Lynne & Melissa  Tammy Lynne Michaels, Melissa's Etheridge's wife, wrote a blog which makes me cringe, and not because she misspelled yamulke either. In the LGBTQ+A world I fall into the A (ally) position, so I can't speak as someone whose rights are denied.  And sometimes I will probably make an ass out of myself while ...

Melissa Etheridge Writes About Warren
Firedoglake — On the heels of her wife Tammy Lynne Michaels' blog about Rick Warren, Melissa Etheridge posted her feeling about Pastor Rick on HuffPo. After eloquently explaining the struggle for equal rights and her preconceptions of Pastor Rick, Etheridge describes her phone conversation with Warren: ...

Fait Diver: “Another Teriffic Point”
David E's Fablog — by David E | (Visited 81 times) poster Anne E. Kornblut hosts a cascade of cluelessness — with occasional screams of outrage — in today’s Pravda : Rochester, Minn: Hi Anne, Merry Christmas! Help me understand this. The gay community is upset at the inclusion of somebody whose viewpoints they strongly disagree with. Am I the only one who see the irony in this? I guess Obama’s campaign promise to include a wide range of differing viewpoints is no longer “change we can believe in”? I never pegged the gay community to be so hypocritical, but I was wrong. Anne E. Kornblut: It’s a really interesting question — and it was interesting to see how team ...

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Obama hearts Rick Warren
crooksandliars.com 12/18/2008 — Say,what? President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will feature big names like minister Rick Warren and legendary singer Aretha Franklin, the Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced Wednesday. Warren, the prominent ...
Rick Warren?
dailykos.com 12/18/2008 — Rick Warren is offering a prayer at the inauguration of Barack Obama? Was there some reason the transition team couldn't find someone who wasn't a homophobe ? Warren dodged Waldman's question about whether he supported civil unions or domestic ...
The Divisiveness Of the Rick Warren Choice
firedoglake.com 12/18/2008 — Note: I'll be on CNN at 3:10 with Rick Sanchez to discuss Rick Warren. If I do half as good as Hilary Rosen did last night on Anderson Cooper, I'll be delighted -- jh Sarah Posner on Rick Warren : Warren protests that he's not a ...
Obama's Talking Points On Rick Warren
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — Barack Obama's inauguration team has largely taken to the defensive after a flurry of protest erupted with the announcement that Pastor Rick Warren would be delivering the invocation at the inauguration. Some of the criticism has been aimed ...
Warren: Gay people are immature.
thinkprogress.org 12/19/2008 — Today, NBC’s Ann Curry aired a new portion of her recent interview with pastor Rick Warren, whom President-elect Obama selected to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. During the interview, Warren said that “it doesn’t ...
New vid: Rick Warren is hateful and ignorant. Gays need maturity -- and just want multiple sexual partners
americablog.com 12/19/2008 — I watched a jaw-dropping interview with Barack Obama's invocation speaker. Seriously, I was dumbstruck. This is the guy who Barack Obama wants on the stage at his inauguration. When asked if he would change his views if he thought being gay was ...
Rick Warren Hates Atheists, Like Me
openleft.com 12/19/2008 — Left-wing pressure seems to have dubious effect , so here are some right-wing atheists upset with Rick Warren : Too bad Rick Warren isn't so open-minded. After his over-hyped and intrusive interviews of Obama and John McCain this last August, the ...
Does Obama agree with Rick Warren that gays should live their entire lives without sex?
americablog.com 12/22/2008 — Yeah, he said it. He also said that gays prove that evolution doesn't exist, because if evolution were a correct theory, we'd have died out long ago. Nice man. Below is the transcript of Warren on Larry King, via Rude Pundit. Rude Pundit calls Rick ...
I'm shocked, shocked that Rick Warren will be Obama's invocation speaker!
correntewire.com 12/18/2008 — No one could have anticipated that a candidate who has signaled — since before his campaign officially started — that he was going to cater to the Rick Warrens of the world would give a God-exploiting bigot like, say, Rick Warren a bully ...
Rick Warren: "Gay Are Immature And Promiscuous"
queersunited.blogspot.com 12/22/2008 — News headlines broke earlier in the week with the announcement that President-elect Barack Obama had chosen anti-gay pastor Rick Warren to be part of the inauguration. This alone sparked a media frenzy and anger from liberal and LGBT organizations. ...
Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher to give the invocation at inaugural
americablog.com 12/17/2008 — 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 ...
Gay Obamaniacs just got punk’d
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Understanding The Politics: Why Rick Warren Matters To Gays
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 12/18/2008 — One reason the Rick Warren thing is a big deal to gay rights activists is because, after their experience with President Bill Clinton, the gay  community is unusually sensitive to getting the shorter angle of presidential ...
Priorities, Schmiorities: The Wrong Outrage on Pastor Rick Warren, Syria's Best Bud
debbieschlussel.com 12/19/2008 — By Debbie Schlussel By now you probably know how gays and assorted other left-wingers are outraged --outraged!--that Barack Hussein Obama's "gone rogue" on them and invited pro-life, anti-gay-marriage, New Age Pastor Rick Warren of the ...
Taking Yes For An Answer
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/19/2008 — Dish readers will know my own conflicted feelings about the selection of Rick Warren for the Inaugural Invocation. But feelings must at some point cede to reason. And I sense an understandable but, the more I think about it, misjudged ...
Rick Warren: I Don't Hate Gays, I Gave Them Water And Donuts
huffingtonpost.com 12/20/2008 — ThinkProgress has pulled a preview of Dateline NBC's interview with Rick Warren, who's been tapped by Barack Obama to deliver the invocation at the upcoming inaugural, disputing the premise that his hostility toward gay rights makes him homophobic. ...
Hilary Rosen: Beyond Rick Warren
huffingtonpost.com 12/20/2008 — The gay community was hit harshly with realities over the last few weeks as a cabinet and senior White House staff was chosen in a Democratic Administration that did not include a gay or lesbian appointee* and Pastor Rick Warren was chosen to give ...
Pardon of the Day: Rick Warren and the Gays — The Latest on Air America
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Hitchens on Rick Warren — Little Green Footballs
Christopher Hitchens seems a bit disappointed to find Barack Obama engaging in the same sort of pandering that caused him to bail out on John McCain: If we must have an officiating priest at the inauguration, we can do much better than Rick Warren . It is a fact that Rick Warren, pastor of ...
Pro-Lifers Upset With Rick Warren Over Obama Invocation — NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
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How This Pastor Feels About Rick Warren — The Moderate Voice
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, December 18, 2008 — The Latest on Air America
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The Warren Factor — Matthew Yglesias
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Barack Obama has tapped the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, a role that positions Warren to succeed Billy Graham as the pre-eminent U.S. minister.
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Barack Obama faces criticism from liberal and gay rights groups over his choice of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. >