Etheridge’s wife, Tammy Lynn, thinks Rick Warren ‘LOVES gays’ [video]
rick is not a televangelist. rick is not falwell. rick spoke of some “stupid” things he’s said (his word, not mine), some missquotes that were given, and lots of ammunition from the media. all excellent points. (we’re all war-minded right now, you know. it’s easy for the media to distract us by throwing us into our own verbal wars here at home.) ) what to do, what to do…. the rest of the public is given an animation of rick warren… and then my wife meets the man behind the projections, the quotes, the “OTHER SIDE”. and he is warm, caring, effusive, and LOVES gays. since he nearly swallowed honey when he hugged her, i tend to believe him. he wants our gay marriages to be just as respected and embraced as the straight marriages. he just wants to wear his yamaka, and me wear my hat.
Tammy Lynn Michaels on her anything-but-professional blog on December 21, stating some newly-found warmth she has for Evangelical preacher Rick Warren. Her wife, singer Melissa Etheridge (whom she refers to as ”honey”), met Warren at a Muslim social outreach. And Michaels and Etheridge appear to be impressed with his hugs and compliments, and the claim that he has all of Etheridge’s albums. She is saying in her blog that non-religious ”civil unions” (think of a ”hat”) compared with Warren’s entirely religious ”traditional marriage” (like a ”yamaka”). Both women seem to think that the title does not matter as long as Warren, Prop 8 supporters, and the government ”afford us the EXACT SAME RIGHTS.” Rick Warren does not appear to have ever said that he thinks gay and lesbian couples deserve 100% of the exact same rights, benefits and respect under the law that heterosexual couples receive through marriage certificates. And, in fact, has continued to say marriage is only meant for man-woman couples, sex is only for man-woman marriages, gay sex is outside of God’s commands, homosexual desires show immaturity and can be delayed until the feelings go away, and that his critics are engaging in anti-Christian hate-speech while his own declarations are an expression of religious freedom. (HollywoodFarmGirl)
Melissa Etheridge debating Republican talk show host Elizabeth Hasselback on “The View” just days before meeting Rick Warren. Etheridge has been promoting a new Holiday album, ”A New Thought for Christmas.” Hasselback believes ”activist judges” are making marriage laws that people should be deciding through voting referendums; while Etheridge, at the time, was saying that the people shouldn’t be voting on fundamental civil rights, one of which she considered marriage to be. (The View via YouTube)
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