Another religious idiot

Rick Warren, the evangelical Christian pastor and intolerant homophobic jackass who fave the invocation at President Obama's inauguration, worked with a Ugandan pastor who wants homosexuality punishable by death. This same pastor also burned condoms "in the name of Jesus", which set back a very successful Ugandan anti-AIDS initiative.

Newsweek magazine asked Warren about Martin Ssempa, the Ugandan pastor who visited Warren's Saddleback Church many times. Warren did distance himself from Ssempa, responding that the Ugandan minister does not represent him or his church. However, he would not condemn the pastor's beliefs or Uganda's despicable proposed anti-gay legislation, which proposes death sentences for gays and lesbians. From Newsweek:

But Warren won't go so far as to condemn the legislation itself. A request for a broader reaction to the proposed Ugandan anti-homosexual laws generated this response: "The fundamental dignity of every person, our right to be free, and the freedom to make moral choices are gifts endowed by God, our creator. 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." Warren did say he believed that abortion was "a holocaust." He knows as well as anyone that in a case of great wrong, taking sides is an important thing to do.

So Rick Warren is not only a total bigot but also a coward.