Marc Lamont Hill asked him if gay marriage goes against the rules of Christianity.
Osteen told Hill, “It would be, but I don’t really focus on a lot of those things...
I am not a huge fan of Joel's (disclosure, my brother knows him), but saying 'it (gay marriage) would be (against the rules of christianity)' is what I see being said. I think he answered the question, and better than I expected...
When somebody uses “but,” it means everything before the word isn’t true. If he truly believes it, he does not need to qualify it with an explanation. He should just state, “It would be.”