Is Gay Outrage Over Rick Warren Jtified?

Contents:

• VIEWPOT: RICK WARREN OUT FOR GAY RIGHTS
• RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'TOLERANCE DO NOT MEAN APPROVAL'
• RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'THE CHURCH MT NOT VE '
• IS GAY OUTRAGE OVER RICK WARREN JTIFIED?
• RICK WARREN CONMNS UGANDA ANTI-GAY BILL AFTER FAH, LGBT GROUPS CALL FOR RPONSE
• GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS UPROAR OVER WARREN'S ROLE OBAMA GURATN

VIEWPOT: RICK WARREN OUT FOR GAY RIGHTS

Unfortunately, a misunrstandg of Warren’s ments has been wily and loudly dissemated by my fellow progrsiv, scribg Warren as bigoted and hateful, when, fact, his ments reflect an unual pth of unrstandg about gay marriage as a civil rights issue. ” In the vio, Warren explas aga that he has always firmly believed that gay upl – and other non-tradnal fai – should have equal accs to the rights and rponsibili of marriage. Do this necsarily mean he is ready to give up his legal marriage and go to the wall for civil unns for everyone, as wonred “Rensirg Marriage: Are Gay Activists Fightg the Right Fight?

Durg the discsn, Warren was asked to ment on how the mister embrac gay and lbian iends while opposg same-sex Rick Warren promot his book, Purpose Driven Life, and speaks on the topic of same-sex marriage on CNN's "Piers Man Tonight, " Nov. | (Photo: Screenshot/CNN)"Do you personally believe that gay people are born gay?

Or, do they bee gay? Are they ma gay? It wouldn't bother me if there was a 'gay gene' found, " Warren rpond, later addg that he weled the discsn bee he believ everyone should be treated wh digny and love.

RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'TOLERANCE DO NOT MEAN APPROVAL'

"Gay marriage is a very personal qutn, " Warren told hosts Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell. It's not illegal to have a gay relatnship, so 's not a big issue to me, " the mister his promotnal tour, Warren has sought to exemplify the ma msage of his book, Purpose Driven Life, which he says is to expla God's reasong behd givg humans life on earth. Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has said that beg tolerant of homosexuals do not mean one approv of their choic, while appearg on "CBS This Morng" Tuday to promote the re-release of his book, The Purpose Driven Life, on the 10th anniversary of s Rick Warren appearg on CBS show 'This Morng' on Tuday, Nov.

"Gay marriage is a very personal qutn, " Warren rpond when asked why he do not support . It's not illegal to have a gay relatnship, so 's not a big issue to me. "O'Donnell remd Warren that acrdg to the latt poll data, the majory of Amerins now support gay marriage.

"I don't happen to believe everythg that my gay iends believe, but when they want to end AIDS, I'm a -belligerent wh them.

RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'THE CHURCH MT NOT VE '

We have given lns of dollars to fight AIDS om around the world, and we have worked wh both gays and straights.

Probably, one of the most ntroversial topics today would be homosexualy. Listen to what he has to say about homosexualy:. His stance is clear: he is agast homosexualy, which should be a brave stance of all Christians today.

Jt like he says, personally, I don’t approve of homosexual behavr but I don’t go out nmng people who live this liftyle. Instead, I pray for the people to abandon their homosexual life and turn their hearts to God. You may also want to read, “What is so bad about Homosexualy Anyway?

IS GAY OUTRAGE OVER RICK WARREN JTIFIED?

It is expected to clarify the Vatin's stance on some of the issu that me out of the recent Synod on the Fay, which ed some speculatn that the Catholic Church was softeng s approach to homosexualy and divorce. A number of leadg lbian and gay voic, cludg Rep. " In that ve, NEWSWEEK asked two members of the gay muny to bate the Warren ntroversy.

RICK WARREN CONMNS UGANDA ANTI-GAY BILL AFTER FAH, LGBT GROUPS CALL FOR RPONSE

" You argue Warren should be disqualified unr that standard bee his gay-marriage opposn is a "value and ial" you don't share.

For "unifyg the natn" to mean anythg, there mt be "cln" for nservativ, cludg the many lns like Warren who oppose gay marriage. Excludg those wh whom we disagree is the anthis of if you spect the whole "uny" thg is really jt about polics, the selectn of Warren still mak good sense, cludg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins. It is a stroke of polil brilliance to rec a nservative megapastor support of a print-elect who is arguably the most pro-gay, pro-choice and progrsive our history.

The person is charged wh the rponsibily of llg upon God for God's assistance on allof our behalf, and the realy is that Warren do not regnize lbian and gay people as beg spirually whole or as havg been created by God exactly how we Rick Warren were a pastor of the Christian fundamentalist type who poed a belief that all Mlims or Jewish people were unbelievers, fils or "failur as human begs" (as the late Jerry Falwell is reported to have scribed all people who did not intify as "born-aga Christians"), then we would not even be havg this Warren's beliefs about LGBT people are substantially equivalent to those views. Based on his own statements, Warren do not believe that lbian and gay people exist.

GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS UPROAR OVER WARREN'S ROLE OBAMA GURATN

What impact do you image this will have on LGBT people of fah who have suffered harm by beg forced to so-lled "ex-gay mistri"—programs for which Warren has voiced his support?

But the choice of Rick Warren amounts to an act of spirual vlence agast lbian and gay Amerins, and has created a world of hurt that uld have been so easily avoid. Wh an entire world of tly clive spirual lears eager to participate this guratn, there is simply no valid reason that Print-elect Obama uldn't have chosen someone to perform the votn who actually regniz lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people as whole and perfect children of God exactly how they Cra: I don't doubt the scery of the pa you scribe feelg bee of Warren's selectn, Leah, but I do see as a sad example of what n happen when we foc on what divis . " Obama picked black civil rights hero Joseph Lowery, a gay marriage advote, to give the benedictn.