Anne Hathaway, star of the upcoming "Bride Wars," was recently interviewed by E! Online and mentioned how peeved she is that president-elect Barack Obama has chosen pastor and "Purpose Driven Life" author Rick Warren to give the inauguration prayer.
When asked what she expects out of Obama, Hathaway replied, "I expect him to explain that choice of Rick Warren. I don't get it. All my friends and I were trying to figure it out, but we just can't. So I'd love that. Other than that, I expect nothing but the best."
Hathaway, who has a gay brother is most likely unhappy with the Warren selection because of comments the pastor recently made to Beliefnet in which he compared gay marriage to to incest and polygamy.
Be sure to check out Steve Waldman's complete interview with Rick Warren here.
Oh, and props to Just Jared for bringing this to my attention.
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I have to agree that I was a little surprised at the choice of Rick Warren (but not for the reasons we're thinking that Anne Hathaway wants an explanation from Obama). My surprise comes from the fact that Warren's notoriety is relatively new (within the last 25 to 30 years). I admire and agree with many of Warren's teachings, philosophies, and am currently involved in a ministry at church that is an outgrowth of Saddleback. Billy Graham has been the inaugural pastor for many decades; he is a time-honored and respected leader of God's church on earth. Obama's election platform and slogan was "Time for a Change." That's true, we need change in government. Man changes and can change ... God's character does not ... man's character can only change with the grace of God at its helm. That being said, I believe Billy should remain the inaugural pastor. The bible is very specific about marriage between a man and woman. To paraphrase Jesus' great commandment "....love your neighbor as yourself", I say, "love the sinner but hate the sin" and we are cautioned by our Savior that we must be careful not to "cast the first stone" Let's not be too harsh on Anne (as a sister, perhaps she's feeling defensive for her sibling and that's a noble character trait).
Why homosexuality is a political issue I will never know. I am a believer in Jesus Christ and if I'm reading right, he loves us all and does not condemn. It is for God to judge, not man. And as far as Ann Hathaway getting involved, huh? Stop it Ann, go home, read your Bible, and begin to understand Jesus' words about judgement and love.
Ann, Obama's explanation for picking Warren was that we the country are very diverse people, and we should all learn to listen and understand each other.
That is a noble belief from a noble man. What I think he forgot is that Gay people have heterosexual parents, relatives, and friends, so we are hurt and dismayed by his choice pick. We who love our gay people know how the diverse others don't consider our feelings, or even try to understand by first reading what the Medical Fields say about the subject. They just plow ahead, hold their bible up, in my case my bible, and tell us how we must understand them and their beliefs. I'm really tired of the whole picture, and think the government owes all of us a clear and dicisive conculusion to all of this by placing everybody as being equal as our Constitution tells us we are. The Religions of America can take as long as they want to decide what they believe, but the rest of us can go ahead with our lives living under the protection of our countrys laws of equality.
Rick Warren has had a President for the last eight years. Secular Americans have not.
Since Mr. Bush saw fit to show no sensitivities whatsoever to any but evangelicals I do not see why Mr. Obama, who I had assumed was a departure from Mr. Bush, should show any deference to the likes of Warren.
Anne Hathaway asking for an explanation from the President? Sure, but first let's ask Anne for an explanation about her ex-boyfriend, who's allegedly committed fraud and has bilked the Vatican. I'm sure she's such a wonderful judge of character. The guy she's sleeping with is a crook and she wants an explanation?
It is to laugh.
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