Rick Warren Asks Obama and McCain to Define Marriage

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are asked by Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in California, to "define marriage." Their answers are disappointing to those who are working towards the day when full marriage equality is the civil right of same-gender couples. Your support is needed in the movement for LGBT civil rights. Please go to www.soulforce.org

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[Pilgrim812]

Someone should ask Rick Warren to define bigotry.

[Richy15251]

@tlwolf86 get an education

[TriniArabGirl]

Obama's a "Christian"???? Damn i didn't know Christians could beleive in things that are against God and them legalise them!! liar

[dekatko]

Very good answers, even though McCain isnt coming across too well.

[tlwolf86]

Homophiles fight tooth and nail to prevent the people from being allowed to vote on the subject, because when democracy prevails, homosexualism loses. In every jurisdiction where homophiles failed to prevent a referendum, homosexual marriage was easily defeated. The next step for homophiles is court shopping for an activist judge to thwart democracy and overturn the will of the people.

[NCMan28025]

@Neanderthalcouzin Those are state issues, as it should be. Let the voters of each state decide. I like the 10th amendment. By they way, thanks for the links and thanks for keeping it civil.

[NCMan28025]

@Neanderthalcouzin Those are state issues, as it should be. Let the voters of each state decide. I like the 10th amendment.

[Neanderthalcouzin]

@NCMan28025 Goodbridge vs. Department of Public Health, MA, recognized same-sex marriage and exclusive heterosexual marriage as unconstitutional. They now recognize same-sex marriage, pending federal recognition. Stuff like this has also happened in DC, Connecticut, Vermont, etc.

Onto your reference to reproduction: plenty of infertile or post-reproductive, or through choice non reproductive, couples may marry. Should we deny them? This is not a logical argument.

[Neanderthalcouzin]

@NCMan28025 It is an ephemeral arbitrary definition,not absolute and historically as well as culturally non-universal and negotiable.That was the point, the point stands.So you’ve missed the point there,which was to show that it is culturally relative,historically relative, and again, negotiable.I dont take sole dictate from a written law or religious edict,in fact written law takes dictate from the exercise of reason and civil inclusion,used as a crucible to burn falsehood and inequity, cont...

[NCMan28025]

@Neanderthalcouzin No, marriage has been defined for centuries. Without heterosexuality, humanity wouldn't exist, since 2 men can't reproduce. You are talking about mulitiple marriages, such as those that happen in the Muslim culture. Here, we are speaking of what we, in the US, define marriage. One man and one woman. Now if you can find a law that defines it differently, please provide the source. I'd love to read it.