So what if a “majority” agree with Pastor Warren’s hateful positions toward the LGBT community? What about it being necessary to take a moral position that does not promote hatred of the LGBT community or blame members of the LGBT community for divisions over what marriage is and isn’t in this country?
And, why should we be in favor of legitimizing Pastor Warren?
It’s one thing for Pastor Warren to invite Obama. He might get more people to join his congregation, which means more book sales and more money for his religious ventures in American capitalism. But, Obama's invitation signals that his election meant Americans wanted people like Pastor Warren to be involved in Obama's presidency.
Allowing Pastor Warren to be up there legitimizes words and judgment like this:
The issue to me, I’m not opposed to that as much as I’m opposed to redefinition of a 5,000 year definition of marriage. I’m opposed to having a brother and sister being together and calling that marriage. I’m opposed to an older guy marrying a child and calling that marriage. I’m opposed to one guy having multiple wives and calling that marriage.
This Rick Santorum-gay marriage-is-going-to-lead-to-man-on-dog-sex kind of thinking is primitive and ignorant and deserves no place in American society. It deserves no place in American politics.
Pastor Warren’s mentality does not just feature a brand of archaic social conservativism. Warren recently indicated support for the assassination of a world leader when he appeared on Hannity & Colmes:
Hannity: Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust, wants to wipe Israel off the map, is seeking nuclear weapons... I think we need to take him out.
WARREN: Yes.
HANNITY: Am I advocating something dark, evil, or something righteous?
WARREN: Well, actually, the Bible says that evil cannot be negotiated with. It has to just be stopped. And I believe...
HANNITY: By force?
WARREN: Well, if necessary. In fact, that is the legitimate role of government. The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers...
Like Pat Robertson who called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, Warren essentially called for the assassination of Ahmadinejad.
Such support reveals the dark intentions of people like Pastor Warren who Americans must stand up against and fight back.
Pastor Warren also counseled Sarah Palin during the 2008 Election. (For those interested in what was said, go to HuffingtonPost and listen to the audio of the phone conversation between the two.)
