Most of you know that my patience with organized religion goes only so far. Catholicism drags their feet, and the last Protestant sermon I went to gave me the news that chipping my dog means he's got the Mark of the Beast and is going to hell. So, yeah, F that noise.
That said, religion is making its mark on this year's presidential election. Let's take a quick look.
"Did we also mischaracterize Hagee when he called my religion 'The Great Whore,' the 'apostate church,' the 'anti-Christ' and a 'false cult system'? McCain cannot ignore Hagee's lies any more than he can tolerate his bigotry. This is getting out of control."- Bill Donahue, Catholic League president
McCain takes religious advice from John Hagee, a virulently anti-Catholic and anti-gay fringe lunatic. He's an anti-Semite, hates Muslims, and believes that Hurricane Katrina was "The Judgement of God Against New Orleans". Between this guy, Falwell, and all the other evangelical ass-kissing McCain is doing, don't even try to sell me that this guy is a moderate.
McCain also consorts with Ron Parsley, McCain's "spiritual guide", who wants to eradicate Islam because to him it is a "false religion". Oh, the same assclown asserts that "Allah was a demon spirit". Yeah, that'll build the spirit of compromise and reconciliation we need with the Muslim world.
Seriously folks, since when did intolerance become part of American culture? Not to mention debt, torture, lying, resurging racism, and other evil sweet treats of the Bush years.
Hillary Clinton has her own under-reported religious issues as well.
Obama, of course, has been getting hammered by his "friends" in the media and by his "honored" fellow senator Clinton. He's been labeled a Muslim, has had to denounce (AND reject!) Louis Farrakhan. Now he's been labeled the AntiChrist. Wow.
Now he's been getting pummeled about the words of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Obama has spoken out against this. You can read the statement here or watch the following video:
Jim Wallis defends Obama in this article.
DailyKos asks why the religion of candidates like Huckabee weren't scrutinized more. Why just Obama? Good question.
For some good news, the Vatican now says polluting is a sin, though stem cell research is still off the table for Benedict. Oh well, maybe they'll get around to that in the 2050s or something. Southern Baptist leaders would also like to promote conservation and make climate change an issue, but they have a much bigger hill to climb (audio link here).
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