Rick Warren Endorses Proposition 8

Pastor Rick Warren from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA (where the only presidential forum worth watching was held in August) has sent an email to church members endorsing Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage measure (from The Corner):

In his e-mail to his church members he writes: "For 5,000 years, every culture and every religion - not just Christianity - has defined marriage as a contract between men and women,” Warren wrote. “There is no reason to change the universal, historical definition of marriage to appease 2% of our population.”

It's sure a LOUD! 2%. You can see a video of Rick discussing the measure here. That ought to get the nutjobs marching around the entrances to Saddleback this weekend.

Meanwhile, Hollywood and others on the left are pouring money to the anti-Prop 8 coffers:

Having been out-fundraised by more than 6-to-1 this month in large donations, supporters of a California constitutional marriage amendment are warning they will lose on Election Day unless they receive a heavy influx of donations in the next week.

Thanks mostly to money from Hollywood, homosexual activist groups and the California Teachers Union, opponents of Proposition 8 have raised $14.6 million this month, supporters $2.3 million, according to data on the California secretary of state's website. This week alone, from Sunday through Thursday (Oct. 19-23), opponents raised $3.8 million to supporters' $844,000. The state data includes only donations of $1,000 or more.

It's unclear whether the figures for opponents include $4 million brought in at a Tuesday Hollywood fundraiser attended by Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner. Melissa Etheridge and Mary J. Blige performed.

Apple has also contributed $100,000 to the effort to defeat Prop 8. It's what all the cool kids are doing.