McCain Endorsement Angers Catholic League President

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McCain Endorsement Angers Catholic League President
Updated 6 p.m.
By Michael D. Shear
HOUSTON -- The president of the Catholic League today blasted Sen. John McCain for accepting the endorsement of Texas evangelicalist John Hagee, calling the controversial pastor a bigot who has "waged an unrelenting war against the Catholic Church."

Hagee, who is known for his crusading support of Israel, backed McCain's presidential bid Wednesday, standing next to the senator at a hotel in San Antonio and calling McCain "a man of principle."

But Catholic League President Bill Donohue said in a statement today that Hagee has written extensively in negative ways about the Catholic Church, "calling it 'The Great Whore,' an 'apostate church,' the 'anti-Christ,' and a 'false cult system.'"

"Senator Obama has repudiated the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan, another bigot. McCain should follow suit and retract his embrace of Hagee," Donohue said.

Catholics United, a national online group, also blasted McCain over the endorsement. "By receiving the endorsement of an outspoken critic of the Catholic Church, McCain once again demonstrates that he is willing to sell out his principles for a chance to win the Presidency," said Chris Korzen, Executive Director of Catholics United in a statement. "We hope Senator McCain will take the principled position of publicly and unequivocally distancing himself from Pastor Hagee's anti-Catholic comments. Intolerance and bigotry do not belong in American politics."

The McCain campaign had no immediate comment on the statements.

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How did Christianity in the US get this messed up? I wasn't made aware of this Hagee guy until recently, but I'm astonished that he's able to pretend to be a Christian over there - rejecting the idea that Jesus was Christ and preaching that the people who believe in Jesus aren't God's chosen people are very heretical beliefs that have nothing to do with Christianity. He should be honest about it and convert to Judaism.

Hey, Catholic League:

This is what you get when you support a conservative
Republican solely because he agrees with you that
Humanae Vitae is correct teaching while forgetting
the captial-F Fundamentalist background of other
conservative Republicans.