{"article":{"id":224030,"heading":"Groups Picket Rick Warren's Saddelback Church","author":"Robert Stuart Lowden","created":"2009-01-22 18:04:46","modified":"2009-01-30 23:48:03","last_modified":"Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:48:03","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Two day's before President Barack Obama's inauguration, groups and individuals led by World Can't Wait and others staged a protest outside of the Lake Forest, California location of Rick Warren's Saddelback Church. <br><br>   The group was of moderate size and the police presence was in evidence but not at all confrontational. The protesters were diverse in faith, age and sexuality . Families of all combinations were out in force. <br>  <br>     The demonstration was organized in opposition to some specific actions and policies of the Saddelback ministry. <br>  <br>   Warren had campaigned heavily for the passing of Proposition 8 which nullified gay marriage in California. <br>  <br>   His Church is also cited for not allowing gays to join the Saddelback congregation. <br><br>   Rick Warren is also accused of lending support to a Ugandan minister who published the names and address's of Ugandan gays. <br>  <br>    Dr. Martin Ssempa, the pastor at Makerere Community Church in Kampala, Uganda is also  accused of organizing anti-gay riots in the capitol. Uganda has outlawed homosexuality and the government aggressively condemns gays and lesbians. <br><br>   In addition Warren has likened homosexuality  to pedophilia in taped interviews. <br><br>   His church also supports abstinence only programs in AIDS ravaged Africa while also discouraging condom distribution programs in that continent. <br><br>   The protest ended peacefully in the California sun at 2:00 in the afternoon. <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"rlowden@earthlink.net","link":"http:\/\/www.rlowden.com\/Saddelbackprotest1.html","address":"Los Angeles","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Diverse groups demonstrate to cite Church's homphobic policies","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_2735.jpg","filesize":"151.1 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