Are John McCain's political sins coming back to haunt him?
Controversial Evangelical preacher man John Hagee says in this Sunday's New York Times that the Republican candidate asked for his support. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but Hagee's allegedly anti-Catholic comments caused quite a stir earlier this month, leading many Catholic advocates to call for his head. McCain's refused to denounce Hagee.
In addition to spilling the beans on McCain's courting, Hagee also claims that his church, which condemns the queers, isn't "hard" on the homos. From Editor & Publisher:
Interviewed by Deborah Solomon, Hagee refused to discuss his statement that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for a gay rights parade in New Orleans, calling it "so far off-base." He claims, "Our church is not hard against the gay people. Our church teaches what the bible teaches, that it is not a righteous lifestyle. But of course we must love even sinners."
Well, isn't that generous?
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yes, not against "the" gay people. *sigh*
"We" must love even sinners, as if to suggest that the poor + lowly gays are somehow more sinful than the pure, virtuous Christian heteros.
Not that I really care what McCain's chubby buddy thinks, anyway, as it'll be a cold day in Hades before I'd vote for J-Mac (or most any other Republican, unless they're damn good at persuading me) anyway.
Isn't it interesting that all those California disasters, earth quakes, fires, mud slides…seemingly have nothing to do with gay pride parades in CA…why would Hagee's God pick on the Big Easy? I'm for putting a woman in charge!
For my sanity, I must retreat to my happy place and sit out the rest of this campaign, including election day. Sigh. There was so much hope when it all started.
I find it interesting that the whack-job religious right continually hints that gays and other "sinners" are responsible for causing said disasters, when… if you look at where most of the natural disasters occur, your glance tracks right up the "bible belt." Maybe god IS trying to tell the country something… that hate and intolerance are truly intolerable.
They should just keep playing Hagee saying the Catholic church is the WHORE OF BABYLON! WTF? Hagee and McCain are both batshit crazy.
THANK GOD this has come out!
Yeah, but Queerty and that dork Noah are still unapologetic about calling the Duke boys rapists and joining with the New Black Panther (homophobe) Party in Durham, NC, when they attempted to lynch them. A "gay" agenda from Queerty? Or just an anti-Caucasian one?