Ethics

Rick Warren: Too Little, Too Late

By Ed Brayton

By now you've probably seen Rick Warren's belated statement speaking out against that barbaric anti-gay bill in Uganda. He's being praised for it, but I don't buy it. This is a complete flip flop. Here's what he said only a week and a half ago:

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."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).