Gay Christian Editor Pens Open Letter To Rick Warren

Gay Christian Editor Pens Open Letter To Rick Warren

Pastor Rick,

How are things going for you since being selected by Obama to be his hotline to God at the inauguration? We couldn't help but notice that yesterday The Daily Beast blasted your HIV/AIDS efforts in Africa, asking "How does burning condoms in the name of Jesus save lives?" Tough stuff, there. Well, I have a question for you, too.

In your message to parishioners over the holiday, you said that you were commanded to love everybody "no matter what choice they make," adding, "It's all about love." You know what, Pastor Rick? I agree. I'm a Christian, too, and I understand that, despite all attempts by church leaders to revise, amend or put asterisks on it, the shining commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself" is both irreducible and clear. It's such a radical notion that 2,000 years after it was first uttered, we still don't grasp the totality of its meaning.

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