[If Propositioin 8] hadn't passed, the pain that it would have caused to far millions more, I think would be more severe. And here's what I see in this, Ann. For 5,000 years, every single culture and every single religion has defined marriage as a man and a woman -- not just Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism.... [Laughing loudly when told his position has raised the specter that he is homophobic.] I could give you a hundred gay friends -- Of course not. I have always treated them with respect. When they want to come and talk to me, I talk to them. When the protesters came we served them water and doughnuts....

Portion of an interview between Rick Warren, a well-known, rich Evangelical preacher, and NBC's Ann Curry. Warren has been chosen by Barack Obama to give a prayer at the Inauguration in January. Warren was an avid and vocal supporter who used the pulpit of his 22,000 member church and the media to repeat the same "5,000-year," "man and a woman" piffle numerous times, plus he definitively equated same-sex marriages to polygamy, incest and sexual child abuse. Proposition 8 outlawed gay marriages in California when it was passed through a multi-million dollar joint effort of Warren's Saddleback Church, Mormon churches, Evangelical groups, certain African-American churches, and Catholic organizations that promote conservative, anti-gay rights agendas. (MSNBC via YouTube)