Orange County Register<\/em>, his paramount concern is the \u201ccrumbling of our constitution\u2019s first guaranteed freedom: the freedom of religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This, the Southern Baptist minister explained, is a much broader freedom than simply the \u201cfreedom to worship.\u201d It entails \u201cfreedom from government intervention in you daily living out what you believe.\u201d And it is under unprecedented threat as \u201cgovernment bureaucrats are daily trying to limit that freedom, impose restrictions, and stifle expressions of faith on campuses, in hospitals, and in businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren bemoaned these \u201cwidespread attempts to redefine the First Amendment to simply mean \u2018You are free to believe anything at your place of worship but you are not free to practice your conscience elsewhere.'\u201d He plans to have Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders in for a Saddleback forum in September to help \u201cspeak out for each other.\u201d <\/p>\n
Warren has told President Barack Obama he \u201cadamantly disagree[s]\u201d with his approach to religious liberty. He speculated that Mitt Romney \u201cas a Mormon he\u2019d obviously understand the importance of protecting all religions against persecution, and ensuring people\u2019s rights to practice their conscience without government intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n
This means, if nothing else, that Warren won\u2019t be praying at a second Obama inauguration.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Don\u2019t let Rick Warren\u2019s diplomatic words give you the wrong idea. He didn\u2019t cancel his planned Saddleback presidential forum \u2014 a reprisal of the of the Obama-McCain forum four years ago \u2014 because he was fed up with the \u201cirresponsible personal attacks, mean-spirited slander, and flat-out dishonest attack ads\u201d of both parties. No, Warren the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons-and-soda-water"],"yoast_head":"\n
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