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The gay and lesbian community i$ facing its Elian moment. By screaming so loudly about Warren's inclusion the naugurator, and making gay marriage a kind of litmus test for true progressiveness and humanity, they have embraced a fight that only a small sliver of the population can relate to, and put their credibility on the line by painting Barack Obama as an enemy, at a time when most Americans consider him their only hope. don't hold up. Examples: Rick Warren is a fringe preacher not fit to occupy a place of such high honor on January 20th. Really? Warren's breakthough book, דhe purpose Driven Life," which IIMEMaaazne in 2005 called the best-selling paperback in history, has sold something like 56 milion copies since its release in 2002. That's just 10 million fewer readers than Barack Obama had voters, and roughly 2 million fewer people than voted for John McCain. Far from a fringe player, Warren might be the most widely known and best-liked religious figure in the U.S Since Billy Graham. His 22,000 member church boasts a global network of 40,000 other durches, united in advancing an agenda focused not on opposing gay rights, but rather on fighting global poverty AIDS and climate change. Warren may be a lot of things, but "fringe is not one of them. Warren's views on gays are out of the mainstream. Perhaps Rachel Maddow, the inimitable Barney Frank and those at the left-most end of the poitical spectrum wish it were so, but it is not (actually, Frank recognized as much when he criticized San Franciso Mayor Gavin Newsome for pushing the envelope on gay marriage in 2004.) Warren does not support the idea of gay marriage. Neither do a majority of Americans. Neither, by the way, does Barack Obama. Or Hillary Clinton. Or Joe Biden. Or any Democrat who ran for president this year with the exception of Dennis Kucinich. But most Americans do support equal access to such things as healthcare benefits through civil unions or domestic partnerships, a view with which Warren, despite the hype over his i----- comments, concurs, as he stated during his recent, but rarely fully quoted, interivew with Beliefnet

Warren's views on gays are out of the mainstream


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today's Joy Reid story is really reminding me of how common anti-gay/ homophobic/ etc views were among mainstream liberals a very, very short time ago
Can't help but wonder why JoyAnnReid can't just say "hey, I said a lot of ignorant s--- on here a number of years ago and it sucked. Sorry about that."
Fwiw, I do encourage @JoyAnnReid to reach out and engage with the LGBTOQ community and to meet with trans folk in particular. I hope she'll use this situation as an opportunity to expand her understanding and empathy. But, damn y'all, give people room to grow. We ALL need it.
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