The New Republic

Rev Warren has plenty of cover now.  The Pope is drawing all the fire away from him.  Note these two new headlines from the International Herald Tribune and the London Times:

Pope Benedict criticizes homosexual behavior

Pope accused of stoking homophobia after he equates

homosexuality to climate change

- ChanRobt

December 23, 2008 at 2:14pm

Huh?  Climate change?  Could he possibly mean SOCIETY'S climate change toward homosexuality?

I'm so confused.

- desertdog

December 23, 2008 at 6:32pm

If this headline is true, It makes me even more secure of my decision to fall away from the Catholic Church.

- desertdog

December 23, 2008 at 6:34pm

Does Rick Warren actually believe that God isn't up there in Heaven right now adding this cover up to the list of all the reasons Rick should go to Hell?

On the other hand, this reminds me of that classic All In The Family episode where Archie Bunker gets locked down in the basement of his own home. Here is Bartcop's recap from Zepp's political commentary website:

"Do you remember when Archie locked himself in his basement for a weekend?

"He was getting something ready for the movers to take, and he got locked in.

"The others were out of town, and he was stuck down there. He did a great, one-man show. He tried to break down the basement door, but it was at the top of the steps and Archie was out of shape. He'd start at the bottom of the steps and charge up, but by the time he got to the top step, he was so tired all he could do was fall on the door and nothing happened - he was stuck.

"Alcohol has always been a fertile writing tool, so they had Archie find an old bottle of Scotch. "A blanket in a bottle," he called it. As he got drunker, he convinced himself he was dying. (When you're drunk, you don't need a reason to act illogically.) So he's drunk as hell, passing out and waking up, wondering if he was alive on Earth or had died and gone to Heaven.

"When the movers arrived, (they were black of course) they let themselves in the house and called out for Archie, yelling, "Mr. Bunker, are you down there?"

"Archie thought God was speaking to him from Heaven. He dropped to his knees and prepared to meet his maker. The black guy walked down the steps, behind Archie, who was on his knees.

Archie steeled himself for this once-in-an-afterlife opportunity to meet God. Finally, drunker than Jenna Bush and still on his knees, he spun around to meet God and said, "This is it!" He opened his eyes and saw a black man.

"Once again, the crowd was absolutely ape-shit with hysteria. The look of panic and confusion on Archie's face was pure gold. The only words he could muster were, 'Forgive me, Lord. Jefferson was right.'"

George:

Now in some way and for some reason this Warren/Obama episode that is unfolding in the human dramedy we call life, is seamlessly connected to Archie in the basement.

Drunk or sober.

George walton

- iambiguous

December 23, 2008 at 7:40pm

Oh dear lord, she's at it again.  

Every time this Pope open his mouth, a purse falls out.  Please find me more obvious gay man in public life, with his endlessly fussed over Prada ensembles and his 29 year GQ model assistant.  Please!

The Vatican is a psycho ward of closet cases, the Queen of which is the Pope himself.

- Wandreycer1

December 23, 2008 at 8:37pm

Hmm. . . The Vatican? Isn't that the location NAMBLA-Europe Rome operations?

- tec619

December 24, 2008 at 11:30am

iambiguous said:

Does Rick Warren actually believe that God isn't up there in Heaven right now adding this cover up to the list of all the reasons Rick should go to Hell?

Why no. Deceit is a mortal sin, not calculated public relations maneuvers.  P.R. actions are just business.

- tec619

December 24, 2008 at 11:33am