{"id":17354,"date":"2015-05-11T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=17354"},"modified":"2015-05-11T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T14:13:23","slug":"feel-the-love-tonight-rick-warren-elton-john-hold-hands-joke-about-kissing-before-aids-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/feel-the-love-tonight-rick-warren-elton-john-hold-hands-joke-about-kissing-before-aids-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel the Love Tonight? Rick Warren, Elton John Hold Hands, Joke About Kissing Before AIDS Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Warren-John.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Warren Holds Hands with Elton John\" width=\"378\" height=\"252\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken from Christian News Network site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Heather Clark<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong> Christian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON \u2014 <\/strong>Controversial megachurch leader and author Rick Warren raised concerns Wednesday after joining hands with homosexual singer Elton John during a speech before a congressional hearing on AIDS funding, and joked what would happen if the two kissed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be the kiss heard \u2019round the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs show the two raising their hands as they sat down to the witness table and laughing\u00a0as Warren issued the caution to John. The incident drew concerns from Christians across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElton John, the man who has worn more wigs and dresses than Marilyn Monroe, we expect this from.<a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2015\/05\/10\/feel-the-love-tonight-rick-warren-elton-john-hold-hands-joke-about-kissing-before-aids-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Heather Clark Christian News&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,113,46,311,45],"tags":[35,49,59,2932,2920,2939,1777,2779,2780],"class_list":["post-17354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-same-sex-marriage","category-homosexuality","category-politics","category-saddleback","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-rick-warren","tag-christian-leaders","tag-america","tag-homosexuality","tag-politics","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-immorality","tag-elton-john","tag-senate","wpcat-257-id","wpcat-113-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-311-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feel the Love Tonight? 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