Melissa: The Choice Is Also Warren’s
This week, after meeting Rick Warren for the first time, Melissa Etheridge made an eloquent defense of Rick Warren, a defense made up of olive branches offered, but unfortunately, no real branches were offered in return.
Peace is a two-way street. Warren might have meant every word he said to Etheridge. In fact, from what Etheridge wrote, I believe he did. He is not of the mind that equates gays to pedophiles or those who commit incest. He only believes that Ethridge and her partner are not equal in the eyes of the Lord or the state as he and his partner are That doesn’t make him a monster or a hater. It only makes him a bigot: a person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right and intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own.
Ethridge said “He explained in very thoughtful words that Read more
Rick Warren Pizza Story Shocking Update
As Los Angeles Metblogs reported, the normally very reliable Rawstory.com picked up this column’s “Rick Warren Likens Gays To Pizza” story as real. They’ve since removed the link but RS reader’s comments dealing with the gays-to-pizza controversy remain.
Now I’m not saying that the Pizza column wasn’t fact-based, nor am I saying that Warren doesn’t have a closeted obsession with pizza, but the fact remains that Rick Warren’s rationale for backing Prop 8 by comparing gay marriage to a pedophile’s desire to marry children or brothers marrying sisters is just as irrational as likening gays to pizza.
In October, West Hollywood officials felt the need to offer a public disclaimer concerning this site’s story on their possible ban of Sarah Palin drag queens in their Halloween parade.
Why? I know it sounds absurd, but Read more
Rick Warren Likens Gays To Pizza (Updated)
“Just because I like pizza it doesn’t mean I should marry it”
In an interview with Ann Curry on NBC’s Dateline, Evangelist Preacher, Rick Warren, who is set to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration, equated gays getting married to eating pizza everyday.
“Mr. Warren’s relating gays to pedophiles, incest and gay marriage to his incessant craving of sex with women he was not married to caught me a little off guard.,” said Ms Curry, “But after the camera stopped filming he went on to make the comparison of gays to pizza, I must say, I was startled.”
“Just because I like pizza it doesn’t mean I should marry it,” said Warren. “Biologically, I am predisposed to enjoy the immaculate melding of mozzarella cheese, red Read more
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