Catholics Declare War on Perry

[Orleans_Attny]

By Wayne Barrett

William Donohue, the head of the Catholic League, called on presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday to “have a full break” with Pastor Robert Jeffress, the Dallas minister who introduced and endorsed Texas’s governor at the Values Voter Summit last week, and—in case you’ve forgotten—called Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith a “cult” in the process.

Donohue told The Daily Beast that Jeffress’ description of Mormonism “bespeaks dramatic ignorance”—but that he was calling for Perry to sever ties “not only for the pastor’s comments on Mormonism,” but because of the anti-Catholic statements the megachurch pastor made on his Pathway to Victory ministry show last September. On that show, Jeffress likened the Catholic Church to Satan, and called it a “fake religion.”

A powerful Catholic voice based in the New York Archdiocese, Donohue’s denunciations of another controversial Texas evangelical—Pastor John Hagee—as an anti-Catholic bigot forced 2008 GOP nominee John McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement. (Hagee had called the church “the great whore” and a “false cult.”) “I think Rick Perry should follow the lead of McCain,” Donohue said in an interview on Wednesday, “and say ‘I don’t want this guy Jeffress’ endorsement.’” Donohue later reconciled with Hagee, who Donohue says came to visit him and apologized for the comments.

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OA :compcoff:

 

[Ahimsa]

Last year, Rev. Jeffress said the Roman Catholic Church was the outgrowth of a “corruption” called the “Babylonian mystery.” He continued, “Much of what you see in the Catholic Church today doesn’t come from God’s word. It comes from that cult-like pagan religion. Isn’t that the genius of Satan?”

 

[cthulhubryan]

and the pig got up and slowly walked away…

 

[Orleans_Attny]

Ahimsa:
So a very dear liberal-athiest friend flies out to visit us in Hawaii for a week. As always, we quickly start talking politics. She says, “You know Perry and his ilk hate you as much as they hate me.”

I reply, “You needn’t worry about my vote.”

Pax,
OA

 

[Robert_Bay]

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