When asked by Newsweek about his opinion on the gay genocide laws being proposed in Uganda, Rick Warren lied and said he doesn't take positions on legislation one way or the other. His previous statements about abortion being a holocaust put the lie to that nonsense.
Warren also lied and said he doesn't get involved in politics. Hmmm... that's odd. I could have sworn I saw him moderating a rigged debate between Obama and John McCain last year, but I guess that must have been somebody else.
Our role, and the role of the PEACE Plan, whether in Uganda or any other country, is always pastoral and never political.
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But Warren won't go so far as to condemn the legislation itself. A request for a broader reaction to the proposed Ugandan antihomosexual laws generated this response: "The fundamental dignity of every person, our right to be free, and the freedom to make moral choices are gifts endowed by God, our creator. However, it is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations." On Meet the Press this morning, he reiterated this neutral stance in a different context: "As a pastor, my job is to encourage, to support. I never take sides." Warren did say he believed that abortion was "a holocaust."
Rick Warren must be forced to condemn the execution of people in Uganda for being gay.
His difficulty in doing so is a glaring symbol of the extremism at the root of today's modern conservative Christian movement.