Posted by
Icarus on Monday, April 13, 2009 12:45:16 PM
Hugh Hewitt declared it so it must be so. Right? Hmmm ...
According to the
Washington Times, "[Pastor Rick] Warren told CNN's Larry King on Monday that he 'never once even gave an endorsement' " to California's Proposition 8, which maintained the traditional definition of marriage and defeated the rule of judges on that issue (at least for now).
But wait a minute. Rev. America's Pastor, according to that Washington Times article, "the week before Proposition 8 went before state voters on Nov. 4" you said, 'Now let me say this really clearly: We support Proposition 8 ... and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage,
you need to support Proposition 8. I never support a candidate, but on
moral issues, I come out very clear.' "
That was then. This is now. "In his conversation with Mr. King, Mr. Warren said, 'All of a
sudden out of it, [opponents] made me something that I really wasn't.
And I actually — there were a number of things that were put out. I
wrote to all my gay friends — the leaders that I knew — and actually
apologized to them. That never got out.' "
So America's Pastor can say one thing then, and something completely different now.
And does Hugh Hewitt ever bring this up? Not that I can see in the transcript.
So why were two hours on Hewitt's show handed to Warren? I have a strong suspicion that Warren's flip-flop on same-sex marriage did not sit well with his center-right congregation in South Orange County, California. Did Warren and Hewitt discuss, before these interviews, how "America's Pastor" might ameliorate the PR damage his sudden switch on this issue might do to Saddleback Church's coffers? Who knows.
America's Pastor? I don't think so.