--Pastor Robert Jeffress of the mega church First Baptist Dallas, seemingly admitting that many Christian voters are in fact bigoted against Mormans and just don't want to say so. Jeffress was responding to questions about his earlier statement that Mormanism is a cult and “every true, born-again follower of Christ ought to embrace a Christian over a non-Christian.” Jeffres said “for evangelical Christians, there really isn’t any other choice” than Rick Perry."
The Perry camp responded with a strong condemnation of the religious bigotry expressed by Jeffress:
"Gov. Perry does not believe Mormonism is a cult."
OK, maybe "strong comdemnation" was over stating it. Maybe "trying real hard not to upset Jeffress" would be more accurate.
Jeffress' greatest hits include his famous sermon "Why Gay is Not OK" which he put on the marquee outside his downtown Dallas campus in 2008. Here is a picture of Jeffress:
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This is a 'dog whistle'. I think that Perry's camp was instrumental in getting him invited to speak. So, getting him to say what Perry cannot say publicly was just (typical?) dirty politics for Perry.
No suprises here. Nothing to see. Just move along folks.
How can American vote for a candidate like Perry? This man is stupid and dangerous as is also Michele Bachmann. Why always mixing religion and politics in the United States?
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