Episcopal Cafe: Would Rick Warren like to recriminalize homosexuality?

[Bluebear]

The Washington Post's On Faith section would like us to believe that megachurch pastor Rick Warren, who is hosting Saturday evening's Saddleback Forum at which Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will speak about issues of faith, is a religious moderate. We beg to differ.

Warren wrote Time magazine's egregious puff piece on Nigerian archbishop Peter Akinola, and supported Ugandan archbishop Henry Orombi's decision to boycott the Lambeth Conference because supporters of an openly gay bishop would be there.

Cafe regulars will remember that Akinola supported anti-gay legislation criticized by every major human rights group, the European parliament and the U. S. State Department, and has yet to answer questions about his knowledge of a massacre of 700 Muslims in Yelwa Nigeria in 2004.

Orombi isn't quite as bad. He only believes that gay people and their supporters are out to kill him, and will pay Africans to become homosexuals.

A Kampala newspaper report on Warren's support of the Lambeth boycott included this paragraph:

Dr Warren said that homosexuality is not a natural way of life and thus not a human right. "We shall not tolerate this aspect at all," Dr Warren said.

Maybe Senators McCain and Obama should turn the tables and ask Warren a few questions, like whether he would like to recriminalize homosexual activity.

http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/faith_and_politics/rick_warren_moderate_1.html

[IndianaJones]

1. why does this guy get a prominent position at an historic event? wtf? nt.

[Bluebear]

2. He's only singing a two-minute song.

[IndianaJones]

5. is he really singing? nt.

[Bluebear]

7. Nah

But doesn't it remind you of the McClurkin days times twenty around here?

[IndianaJones]

8. same people...same justifications. I'm so disappointed in this decision.nt.

[HEyHEY]

4. Cause despite his "wholesome" rhetoric, he's obviously sucking someone's clit/cock

[babylonsister]

3. Once DU is done with him, he'll be sorry.

Or not. Gay? Not. Anxious? Not. Care? Not. :shrug:

[HEyHEY]

6. So, you don't care about this?

[babylonsister]

9. 2 am in the morn, you're right, I don't care-for the moment.

Get back to me, HH. ;)