Current Events

See also: Marriage Ammendment
California Homosexual Agenda
Moral Issues and The Presidential Campaign 2008
Obama Watch: Moral Issues

Pope Accused of Stoking Homophobia After Speech

Dec. 23, 2008 - Yesterday, at an end-of-year address to the Curia, the Vatican's central administration, Pope Benedict said that, just as the rainforests need our protection, humanity itself needs protection from homosexuality.

He said that humanity needed to listen to the “language of creation” to understand the intended roles of man and woman and behavior beyond traditional heterosexual relations was a “destruction of God’s work”.

Source: Fox

U.N. divided over gay rights declaration

Dec. 18, 2008 - The United Nations is divided over the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality.

Diplomats said a joint statement initiated by France and the Netherlands gathered 66 signatures in the 192-nation assembly after it was read out by Argentina at a plenary session. A rival statement, read out by Syria, gathered some 60.

No resolution has been drafted on the issue yet.

Source: Reuters

Rick Warren to Pray at Inauguration

Dec. 18, 2008 - President-elect Obama has asked evangelical Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration on Jan. 20th. Liberal groups are not pleased with the choice.

Many call Warren a "homophobe" and an "anti-gay bigot" for his opposition to gay marriage. They are particularly upset that he supported California Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.

Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights icon, will give the benediction.

Source: CBN

Liberals Outraged Over Rick Warren's Obama Invocation - NewsMax

Statement by Dr. Rick Warren, Pastor of Saddleback Church Regarding the Invitation from President-elect Obama to Deliver the Inaugural Invocation

The High Cost of Being (and Staying) Cool -- Rick Warren in a Whirlwind - Crosswalk

Inaugural Pastor Rick Warren Slammed Left and Right - NewsMax

Obama’s Pick for Education Secretary Pushed For Gay High School

Dec. 16, 2008 - Arne Duncan, head of Chicago Public Schools, is President-elect Obama's choice for Secretary of Education. He is known as a reformer. One of the changes he has proposed is the establishment of a "Social Justice Pride Campus," which would be Chicago's first high school designed for gay, lesbian and transgender teens.

Source: CBN

Newsweek Cover Story: Gay Marriage: Our Mutual Joy

Dec. 6, 2008 Edition of Newsweek- The subtitle of this article is, "Opponents of gay marriage often cite Scripture. But what the Bible teaches about love argues for the other side." The writer compares the debate to the preaching about slavery before the Civil War. She then complains that today it is mostly the gay-marriage opponents, who use Scripture as their foundation. She says,

The Bible does condemn gay male sex in a handful of passages. Twice Leviticus refers to sex between men as "an abomination" (King James version), but these are throwaway lines in a peculiar text given over to codes for living in the ancient Jewish world."

The article belittles the Biblical concept of marriage and tries to explain away various passages that condemn homosexuality. She exposes her view of the Bible by saying that no sensible modern person want marriage to look like what the Bible describes.

Source: Lisa Miller Senior Editor and Religious Columnist - Newsweek

Video: The Future of a Movement - Newsweek

Newsweek: Bible supports same-sex marriage Chelsea Schilling - WorldNetDaily

An Obvious Truth: The Bible Supports Traditional Marriage - John Mark Reynolds

Turning the Bible on its Head -- Newsweek Goes for Gay Marriage - Albert Mohler Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Newsweek draws fire on gay marriage - Politico.com

Looking for a 'Serious' Conversation - Christianity Today

Christians Angry Over Newsweek Gay Claim - NewsMax