Warren has an agenda that doesn't include preaching about sin

No, if someone misrepresents what I say, I don't apologize! Why would I apologize because someone else did something wrong? I certainly would make sure that the misrepresentation was taken care of and my true words were conveyed, but I would not apologize. Apologizing means I said or did something wrong.

Mr Warren knows what it means to apologize and that's what he did. He didn't say that he cleared up the misunderstanding, he said he apologized.

 

Let's see the mudslinging I've done:

Wow, I said that he calls himself something. That's bad right? Of course we both know that I was insinuating that he isn't a baptist preacher at all. If that's mudslinging, then I guess I'm guilty.

This one isn't mudslinging. It is a fact. He said he never made any statement about the issue ("never once issued a statement, never -- never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop. 8 was going") and then it was shown he did make a statement ("We support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8").

He's either a liar or has a very, very bad memory.

 

What's your point? That's what he said in that particular interview. It doesn't negate the fact the he made other statements. How about this one that he posted on his blog??

http://saddlebackfamily.com/blogs/newsandviews/index.html?contentid=1502

Watch that video and then come back and tell me that he didn't make a statement about prop 8. Come back and tell me why he said (after the election and after that statement), "never once issued a statement, never -- never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop 8 was going".

Sorry...he lied. The proof that he lied is on his own web site!

 

No, I wouldn't tell them to "suck it up". I would nicely explain to them that I hadn't wronged them and that gossip distorted what I said. Where did I say that I would just say "suck it up" and walk away? I believe I said I would explain the situation. That's not saying "suck it up".

No, I wouldn't apologize. Again, in that situation I did nothing wrong. I may tell my wife that I sympathize with her feelings or that maybe we should communicate better in the future, but I wouldn't apologize for something I didn't do.

The definitions for apologize are:

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
a written or oral expression of regret and acknowledgement of the harm done to the victim by the respondent/defendant

An apology is admiting you've done something wrong. I have no problem with admiting I've done something wrong when I've actually done something wrong. Ask my wife...I've apologized to her many, many times. But, to apologize when I've done nothing wrong just lessons the meaning of any future apologies.

Oh..and actually I'm feeling rather warm at the moment .

 

He gave an endorsement of it before the election. What else is it other than an endorsement? It doesn't matter if it happened a year before the election or 11 days, it's still an endorsement. Then he later said he never gave an endorsement. How can you explain that away?

 

Another lie is that he says he didn't equate gay marriage to incest or pedophilia ("And I was asked a question that made it sound like I equated gay marriage with pedophilia or incest, which I absolutely do not believe."). He did equate it to those in a beliefnet interview:

He was asked a question that made it sound like? He was asked a yes or no question and he answered it. There's not any room for interpretation. It's clear cut question with a clear cut answer.

This is what you say he is apologizing for. So, what you say he is apologizing for is not something that was misconstrued. So, what exactly was he apologizing for? Maybe he should apologize for lying?