OlderMelissa Etheridge Flip-Flops on Rick Warren
Legendary rocker Melissa Etheridge has come away with a different opinion of pastor Rick Warren after speaking with him recently. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the Orange County mega-pastor to deliver the invocation at his swearing, which has dismayed many Hollywood liberals. Previously, actor Alan Cumming had taken to HuffPo to voice his opinion.
Melissa also shared on HuffPo, “I received a call from Pastor Rick, and before I could say anything, he told me what a fan he was. He had most of my albums from the very first one. What? This didn’t sound like a gay hater, much less a preacher. He explained in very thoughtful words that as a Christian he believed in equal rights for everyone. He believed every loving relationship should have equal protection. He struggled with proposition 8 because he didn’t want to see marriage redefined as anything other than between a man and a woman. He said he regretted his choice of words in his video message to his congregation about proposition 8 when he mentioned pedophiles and those who commit incest. He said that in no way, is that how he thought about gays.”
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Good Melissa.
Hello Folks……Merry Christmas to all….. I’m a Christian and I think the solution to this might be simple. What I propose is that we let our Gay and Lesbian neighbors get married with all the same legal rights but only through The Justice of The Peace! All religions have the right to practice as they believe just as all secular people do. That is the American way. Take for example an Indian burial ground….well these places must be respected nomater how weird or intolerant or whatever they may seem…..Lets just make the compromise and get back to living our lives CHILDREN. AMEN and GOD bless you all.
Yep, a 100 percent heterosexual female here who fully supports the gay community in getting married through the legal process and in any spiritual service that, also, supports and honors them as full-fledged humans.
Although I support the President-elect’s choice of Rick Warren, I personally do not support any spiritual leader who arrogantly believes he fully understands the Mind of God’s intentions in lovingly creating each and everyone of us, i.e. red/black/yellow/white or heterosexual/bi-sexual/homosexual.
I agree w/ #2 & #27. It’s a start. Religious people need to be more open- this is still America. However- Gay people need to be open themselves too. Melissa is trying & she is trying with love, not the hate I’ve personally seen from other gay people. I understand gay people’s position of frustration, but hate and bitterness does not do anything either- so give ME a break.
I agree w/ #2 & #27. It’s a start. Religious people need to be more open- this is still America. However- Gay people need to be open themselves too. Melissa is trying & she is trying with love, not the hate I’ve personally seen from other gay people. I understand gay people’s position of frustration, but hate and bitterness does not do anything either- so give ME a break.
Hey, Jess….Uh, I think that’s called a civil union, and that doesn’t seem to satisfy the gay community, who want to have all the same rights as straights.
Odd that the only ones who seem to want to get married these days are the gays, and they can’t!
i dont live in the states so i wouldnt understand 100% first hand, but to me once a hater always a hater - sorry
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