Hey, bloggers, Rick doesn’t like you either:
http://www.saddlebackfamily.com/blogs/newsandviews/index.html?contentid=1723
Warren also lies in the above video, claiming that he’s never compared gay marriage to incest and pedophilia.
To hear Warren make that comparison go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sehLdHveho
Below the fold: Rick Warren running scared from us, and more:
Another good reason to keep up the fight, Rick Warren is spooked by the negative attention he’s earned:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/12/you-have-rick-warren-officially-spooked.html#disqus_thread
Also in 24/7 Rick news: Mr. Inclusiveness Hypocrite Warren tried to back out of meeting with gay and lesbian families:
http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/hypocrite_rick_warren_tried_to_back_out_of_meeting_with_
gay_and_lesbian_fam/
Even Richard Cohen at the Washington Post, believes this time around Obama has a more critical Preacher Problem:
This time it is not Obama’s preacher who has decided to honor a bigot, it is Obama himself. And, once again, we get the same sort of rationalizations. Obama says he does not agree with Warren about all things. Obama says he himself is not anti-gay and, in fact, although he does not support same-sex marriage (as opposed to civil unions), he has been a stalwart champion of gay causes. Therefore, it seems to follow, he can honor an anti-gay activist.
I can understand Obama’s desire to embrace constituencies that have rejected him. Evangelicals are in that category and Warren is an important evangelical leader with whom, Obama said, “we’re not going to agree on every single issue.” He went on to say, “We can disagree without being disagreeable and then focus on those things that we hold in common as Americans.” Sounds nice.
But what we do not “hold in common” is the dehumanization of homosexuals. What we do not hold in common is the belief that gays are perverts who have chosen their sexual orientation on some sort of whim. What we do not hold in common is the exaltation of ignorance that has led and will lead to discrimination and violence.
Finally, what we do not hold in common is the categorization of a civil rights issue — the rights of gays to be treated equally — as some sort of cranky cultural difference. For that we need moral leadership, which, on this occasion, Obama has failed to provide. For some people, that’s nothing to celebrate.
A stopped clock is right twice a day — although like most conservatives, Cohen may only be able to feel compassion when an issue strikes close to home, he’s done a good job of summing up the (nasty) situation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122201848.html
