Rick Warren

Non-profit organization GetToKnowUsFirst.org produced five 30-second commercials featuring gay and lesbian families, with the message "Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality." The ads, while not tied to any current election, are the result of California's passage of Proposition 8 in November. The group aired the spots in 42 of the states' 58 counties - everywhere the initiative passed by 50% or more - during Tuesday's coverage of the Presidential Inauguration.

We brought you the link to the Little Mrs. blogging about it; now, here is what Melissa Etheridge has directly written about Rick Warren as posted at The Huffington Post.

Melissa Etheridge
Posted December 22, 2008 | 05:10 PM (EST)
The Choice Is Ours Now

“This is a message for my brothers and sisters who have fought so long and so hard for gay rights and liberty.”

Read more after you make the jump to:

http://www.twolesbosgoinatit.com/2008/12/22/melissa-etheridge-writes-abo...

Melissa Etheridge Meets Rick Warren - Hollywood Farm Girl

The spouse of Melissa Etheridge gives us another side of the Rick Warren issue. Apparently Melissa Etheridge met Warren and the lovely spouse of Melissa gives us a few thoughts to ponder.

Here is part of what Tammy Lynn says on her blog “hollywood farm girl”:

This Father’s Day, a group of LGBT and straight-ally families will spend their holiday in a way that is both extraordinary and profoundly commonplace: they will attend services at Saddleback Church, the mega-church founded by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life.

The following day, the families will join leaders from Saddleback Church for a private meal and conversation.