re: #476 Obdicut

Not sure, but there’s a Rick Warren angle there too. It seems he’s not willing to condemn the law that would provide the death penalty for HIV positive men who engage in “aggravated homosexuality”.

His position is raising eyebrows, not the least of which was Newsweek, which noted his position Sunday. Warren has been supportive of a Ugandan pastor behind the legislation, Martin Ssempa, hosting him during visits to the United States at his Saddleback church.

Warren tried to distance himself from Ssempa in October, saying, “Martin Ssempa does not represent me, my wife Kay, Saddleback Church, nor the Global PEACE Plan strategy.”

But this month, asked on whether he opposed a measure under which homosexual acts are punishable by life in prison or sometimes death, Warren refused to condemn the proposal.

He said he can’t comment on the laws of other nations. Well, sure he can. He just would reveal himself to all the world as a bigot and supporting laws that would put someone to death for their sexual orientation.