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Black Bishop Rips Episcopal Lesbian Leader for her Views of Rick Warren and IntoleranceNews Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org (http://www.virtueonline.org)
12/24/2008
QuoteRussell is not the only pansexual proponent critical of President-elect Obama's choice. The openly homogenital Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson condemned Warren saying that the God Warren is praying to is not the God that he knows.
Washington Episcopal Bishop John Bryson Chane said he was "profoundly disappointed" by Obama's choice, accusing Warren of being "homophobic, xenophobic, and willing to use the machinery of the state to enforce his prejudices-even going so far as to support the assassination of foreign leaders."
Russell was angered and deflated by the recent passage of Prop 8 in California, vowing to push the California Supreme Court into reconsidering the issue."No one has the right to write their theology into our constitution," Russell said. This of course begs the question: If Prop 8 had lost, it would have been her pansexual theology written into the Constitution. Apparently, it is okay to write her version of theology into the California State Constitution, an apparently untenable position to most Californians.
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Rick Warren Thinks He Isn't Anti-Gay; He Isn't Not WrongBy Tommy Christopher
Dec 25th 2008 1:57PM
QuoteWatching Rick's video, I realized that I hadn't seen most of the interview that is fueling this controversy. The clip of Warren equating gay marriage with pedophilia has been played ad nauseum, but I wondered if it was snipped out of context to make it look worse. Rick's video seems to suggest this.
Well, it turns out that Rick Warren, while kindly-looking and well-spoken, is a liar and a frakking idiot. Watch the full Wall Street Journal interview (which, incidentally, only has 100 views on YouTube as of this writing, proof that not many have seen the context) and I'll explain after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQecqEhnSn8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQecqEhnSn8)
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How extreme is Rick Warren?QuoteMore from the Dec. 15 Beliefnet interview:
Beliefnet: One controversial moment for you in the last election was your support for Proposition 8 in California. ... Just to clarify, do you support civil unions or domestic partnerships?
RW: I don't know if I'd use the term there but I support full equal rights for everybody in America. I don't believe we should have unequal rights depending on particular lifestyles so I fully support equal rights.
Clarification from Warren, to BeliefNet, append to original transcript 12/15:
I now see you asked about civil UNIONS - and I responded by talking about civil RIGHTS. Sorry. They are two different issues. No American should ever be discriminated against because of their beliefs. Period. But a civil union is not a civil right. Nowhere in the constitution can you find the "right" to claim that any loving relationship identical to marriage. It's just not there.