If Rick Warren thought he caught grief three years ago when he started inviting Barack Obama to come preach his Gospel of Condoms at the Saddleback annual AIDS conference - just wait till this gets out.
The Saddleback AIDS/HIV conference
is now officially being co-sponsored by "Faith in Public Life" which is little more than a "religious" shill organization for all things leftist. But FiPL's president, who will appear at the conference, is a militant lesbian who has engaged in homosexual advocacy for years.
When Rick Warren was questioned about the group's involvement he claimed their co-sponsorship meant little. Warren claims Saddleback is still "in control" of the agenda and messaging of the conference.
Does anyone believe that? Co-sponsors become co-sponsors by putting up part of the costs of the event and in return - they seek some degree of influence, profit, or opportunity to distribute materials in return.
It's bad enough Warren never rebuffed Obama's doctrine of condom use and reckless sexual habits, as a supposed teacher of scripture he is OBLIGATED to do so. But to now actually engage in co-sponsorship with groups that oppose the biblical teaching he professes to remain faithful to is beyond the pale.
And the evangelical world should speak quickly and firmly in the process...