Evangelil Christian pastor Rick Warren appeared on CNN's "Piers Man Tonight" Tuday to promote the re-release and 10th anniversary of his book, "Purpose Driven Life". Durg the discsn, Warren was asked to ment on embracg gay and lbian iends while opposg same-sex marriage.
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- RICK WARREN’S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE (2009)
- GCN: GAY COMMUNY NEWS; THE GAY WEEKLY; VOL. 7, #1 - #50
RICK WARREN’S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ON GAY MARRIAGE
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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?
RICK WARREN ON GAY MARRIAGE (2009)
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. "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. The followg is the ntroversial portn of the terview wh Rick Warren foced on gay marriage, civil unns and divorce.
BELIEFNET: Which do you thk is a greater threat to the Amerin fay – divorce or gay marriage? BELIEFNET: So why do we hear so much more – pecially om relig nservativ – about gay marriage than about divorce? Sce 1999, California has had a domtic partnership law that grants gay upl visg rights and all the other rights.
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BELIEFNET: Do you thk those are equivalent to gays gettg married? Bee first the urt overro the will of the people, but send there were all kds of threats that if that did not pass then any pastor uld be nsired dog hate speech if he shared his views that he didn’t thk homosexualy was the most natural way for relatnships, and that would be hate speech. Most people know I have many gay iends.
I’ve eaten dner gay hom. Kay and I have given lns of dollars out of Purpose Driven Life helpg people who got AIDS through gay relatnships.
So they n’t acce me of homophobia. If anyone, whether unfahful spo, or unmarried upl, or homosexuals or anyone else thk they are smarter than God and choos to disobey God’s sexual stctns, is not the US ernment’s role to take away their choice.