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Rick Warren Declines All Interview Requests Before Obama Inauguration Invocation

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need to get high on ultram of NJ 2:02PM July 02, 2009

Obviously you do not know Pastor Rick Warren. He does not run from the truth or try to change what the scriptures say. My husband and I know him personally and the two of you could not be any further from the truth.

Mr. and Mrs. Saddleback Church members of CA 12:53PM January 20, 2009

Warren is shunning the press for one reason: his handlers have convinced him to keep his trap shut before the inauguration in order to guarantee that he doesn't spew another bigoted diatribe.
Warren is the new face of bigotry. A kinder, gentler bigot, if you will. Asking the Gay Community to embrace him is like asking the Hebrew slaves to embrace the pharaoh before Moses had a chance to lead them out of Egypt.

Herman of IL 5:30PM January 19, 2009

I agree with Zack, Warren has been a great class act, finding good things to say about Robinson even though Robinson insults him mercilessly. Warren is the epitome of the next generation of Evangelical leaders who hold their beliefs firmly, but are open-minded, servant-hearted, gracious to all, and reject party lines. What other Evangelical leader would have invited Obama and McCain both to chat for an hour each about their beliefs in a forum that was more revealing and more civil than all the other debates put together?
If opposing same-sex marriage is the only "crime" Warren has committed (and it is), then why all the controversy? The only people who scream bloody murder about the Warren pick are those who want to return to the divisive politics of the past, and Obama is better off without listening to such divisive extremists. Warren is a voice of conciliation; they are voices of division, and Obama has the good sense to know this and invite Warren.

Brendan Payne of WA 5:19PM January 19, 2009

The best solution would be to keep all religion out of all governmental affairs, according to the spirit of our wise Founders, the Constitution, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The founders had learned the history of the horrid lessons of mixing religion and government. We are seeing that ugliness again now as the Religious Right continues to try to force its way into our public affairs. They only prove that their own faith is weak, that it cannot be supported by their own homes and churches. That is why thy think they must invade public schools and other venues of public affairs.
We don't need to have anyone praying at inaugurations--or at the opening of sessions of Congress. The oath or affirmation by public officials to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution" is sufficient--and to do so without adding "...so help me God." Also, the president or any other official, or any witness in a court of law, should be placing a hand for such affirmations on a copy of the Constitution, not on any holy book.

Gil Cantlin of OH 10:06AM January 17, 2009

I think that Rick Warren should not be demonized for his occasional spouting of Christian doctrine. After all, it doesn't happen very often. He's yet another bland, please everyone pastor whose non-offensive doctrine pleases the itching ears of those who want to hear it. He's a best-selling book author because most people who claim to be Christian love the non-doctrine that he puts forth. He has to be pressured to come down on one side or the other on any point that might make people uncomfortable, and tries to be all-inclusive to the point of not having much to really say at all. He tries to make the Christian life palatable to everyone by saying if you become a Christian through inviting Christ into your heart as your Saviour then you won't have any more trouble in your life. He invites Obama to an interview that was more a showcase for him than anything else, and didn't feel inclined to disagree with him after the whole thing was over. Now he accepts an invitation that was clearly designed to placate the Christian right while inviting a different person to placate the Liberal left. This just shows that people don't really want to stand for anything nowadays that makes them uncomfortable, and that includes both the new President-elect and Mr. Warren.

Jeremy of MS 12:56AM January 16, 2009

I say bravo to Mr. Warren for being such a class act.
He sets a phenomenal example of what a Christ follower looks like.
BloggerRadio, how can you call Mr. Warren a 'bible thumping zealot' when all he has done is show tremendous respect, love, and class?

Zack (www.TheRieslands.com) of NC 4:40PM January 14, 2009

More wars have been fought and more innocent lives slaughtered, more murders have been committed and more alter boys have been sodomized in the name of religion than for all other reasons combined.
Few in attendance and fewer still who will be watching the inauguration care about either of these two bible thumping zealots. There is a fine line between organized religion and organized crime.
It is likely that only God can forgive the Christian right for giving us the worst President in history and thus causing tremendous damage to America, by their support of George W. Bush.

BloggerRadio of OR 9:46AM January 14, 2009