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‘We cannot cave on this issue’: Evangelical leader Rick Warren defends marriage

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Español: Intercambio de anillos entre los novios (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Two prominent Protestant pastors defended marriage at the Vatican, saying the Church must fight against the sexual revolution and stand for Biblical truth about marriage and sexuality. Speaking at Pope Francis’ Humanum  conference  November 17, Evangelical pastor and author Rick Warren talked about God’s plan for marriage, and along with Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore , decried the ruin of marriage resulting from today’s sexual mores. “To redefine marriage would destroy the picture that God intends for marriage to portray, and we cannot cave on this issue,” Warren said. “It's a picture of Christ and his Church." "What are we going to do about this?” he said, according to a  report  from Christian Today . “The Church cannot cower in silence. The stakes are too high." Never give up and never give in, was Warren’s message, saying the Church cannot be salt and light in a