McCain May Pray For Pastors to Zip It

Hagee not talking, but another high-profile preacher may be in news soon
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted May 8, 2008 9:33 PM CDT

McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Wants America to Destroy Islam:Spread this video, digg it: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_s_Spiritual_Guide_Wants_America_to_Destroy_IslamYou may have heard of Rev. John Hagee, the McCain supporter who said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual "sins." Well now meet Rev. Rod Parsley, the televangelist megachurch pastor from Ohio who hates Islam. According to David Corn of Mother Jones, Parsley has called on Christians to wage war against Islam, which he considers to be a "false religion." In the past, Parsley has also railed against the separation of church and state, homosexuals, and abortion rights, comparing Planned Parenthood to Nazis. John McCain actively sought and received Parsley's endorsement in the presidential race. McCain has called Parsley "a spiritual guide," and he hasn't said whether he shares Parsley's vicious anti-Islam views. That's because the mainstream media refuses to ask. And so, we've taken matters into our own hands, joining Mother Jones to present the truth about McCain's pastor.Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue. Make McCain's pastor problem a major story by forwarding this video to your family, friends, and colleagues.We can't let McCain get away with aligning himself with a religious leader who's called for an all-out war on Islam, someone who draws no distinctions between Muslims and violent Islamic extremists. Now is the crucial time to act.Yours,Robert Greenwaldand the Brave New Team
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John McCain may be heading for his own preacher problems, but at least one of his problematic pastors is clamming up for now, Newsweek reports. John Hagee, who called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God,” and Catholicism a “false cult system,” recently answered a request for comment by saying, “It's better that I don't.”

McCain is walking a tightrope with Hagee; the senator condemned the remarks on New Orleans but has not renounced his endorsement. But there’s another pastor, and perhaps another scandal a-brewing: Rod Parsley, McCain’s self-described “spiritual guide,” has preached that America’s historical duty is to see Islam—a “false religion” and “the greatest religious enemy of our civilization and the world”—destroyed, Mother Jones reports. (More John McCain stories.)

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