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POOR, MISUNDERSTOOD JOHN HAGEE.
Via Editor and Publisher, John Hagee has told the New York Times Magazine that John McCain sought out his endorsement, that his "love" of Israel is not tied to his bloody and violent view of biblical prophecy about the end-times and the Second Coming of Christ, and that his church loves gay people.
The first revelation is not really news. Largely shunned by the religious right political establishment, McCain sought out Hagee -- a rising national figure due to his burgeoning organization, Christians United for Israel, that made a nice fit with McCain's foreign policy, when the anti-choice elites were still miffed about McCain-Feingold and his "agents of intolerance" remark. The two had a tete-a-tete over breakfast in San Antonio, and Hagee gave his blessing to McCain's position on Israel.
As to his second statement: it's laughable.
And as to the third, here's what Hagee had to say about homosexuality in his 2000 book endorsing George W. Bush for president (God's Candidate for America: Letting Your Light Shine in a Dark World, Global Evangelism Television, 2000):
Throughout the Bible, without any hint of compromise, God makes it clear that homosexual conduct is not just wrong -- homosexuality is an abomination. It is sin, plain and simple. Homosexuality and lesbianism are nothing more than perversions of God-ordained sexuality. . . .Above all, homosexuals want normalcy, acceptance, and equivalence with heterosexuals. Satan being the father of liars, he does not want the truth told about his demonic perversion of family sexuality; instead he offers a lie, a perversion that twists "not normal" into "happy and carefree." ...
It is a sign of our troubled times, a proof that we are in what Jesus called the "last days," that legislators are having to enact laws spelling out the obvious: that marriage is a unique covenant between a man and a woman. Why is this happening? Because the forces of darkness, in their unending assault on the family, are seeking to redefine away the uniqueness of the family unit to where any group of people could seek the legal protection of family status.
If Satan can destroy the family, if he can erode away the societal foundations that undergird the traditional upbringing of children, then he can capture the next generation ...
Meanwhile, Hagee reports through his ministry newsletter this week that he has needed the protection offered by his devoted Jewish friends from all those terrible attacks he's had to endure from the media:
I want to thank each of you for every loving expression which made my 50th Anniversary in the ministry a moment in time I will cherish forever.I received your letters, cards, plaques, a beautiful masterpiece of art, flowers, cowboy boots and an 8' Menorah from the Jewish Community of San Antonio and Houston. It is now being made in Jerusalem and will be placed in our Prayer Garden in about 6 months.
I also received a love gift from "The Friends of John Hagee" across the nation. Thank you from the depths of my heart for your loving expressions.
Perhaps the most practical and unique gift I received was from the Jewish Community in Los Angeles. It was a construction hard hat that was given to me to "protect you from all the brick bats being thrown at you in the media."
God bless the Jewish people...they are so very practical at all times. And truth be told, I never needed that hat more than right now! ...
The majority of our days are behind us...but the best is yet to be. The latter days shall be greater than the former because the God we serve takes us from glory to glory. The last stop is just inside the Eastern Gate; the glory of which is beyond the ability of the human mind to conceive.
I am now preaching a series titled, "Vote the Bible." It is a 3 part sermon series that covers the following:
* God's Purpose for the Church
* Should Christians get involved in the Political Process?* The Bible's Position on Abortion
* Defending Religious Freedom...Is It Ever Right to Defy the Government?* War: Is It Ever Justified?
* The Crisis of Education
* The Coming Economic Crash
* The Immigration Crisis
* The Marriage Crisis
* Global Warming: Fact or Farce?I want you to get this series, listen to it until this oasis of truth becomes a part of your knowledge base and then give it to friends and family. This series can make a difference as America prepares to select our next President.
Well, it can't be any mystery whose side he's going to come down on in that sermon series. Let's see if McCain gets ready to denounce or reject any of it.
--Sarah Posner
COMMENTS (6)
Jews supporting Hagee remind me of cattle (kosher) supporting MickeyD...
NB: the foregoing shamelessly cribbed from JC Watts' father who, when asked how he felt about his son becoming a GOP Congresscritter, remarked (I heard him) that a black voting GOP ws a lot like the chickens voting for "the Colonel."
Posted by: Anonymous | March 21, 2008 2:10 PM
Jews supporting Hagee remind me of cattle (kosher) supporting MickeyD...
NB: the foregoing shamelessly cribbed from JC Watts' father who, when asked how he felt about his son becoming a GOP Congresscritter, remarked (I heard him) that a black voting GOP ws a lot like the chickens voting for "the Colonel."
Posted by: woody, tokin librul | March 21, 2008 2:11 PM
Let's see if McCain gets ready to denounce or reject any of it.
Yeah, he should since he denigrated the US with "goddam America" and talked about the evils of other races.......
Oh, wait....
Posted by: Anonymous | March 21, 2008 4:56 PM
Does the IRS see this Vote the Bible book as within the conditions for maintaining a religious tax exemption?
Posted by: Michael Bloom | March 22, 2008 10:03 AM
Yeah, he should since he denigrated the US with "goddam America" and talked about the evils of other races.......
Anonymous,
Can you give an example where Reverend Wright atually "talked about the evils of other races?" Certainly, Wright talked about the evils of American society (something which Martin Luther King also did, BTW), but that is very different from hating whites.
Posted by: Peter H | March 22, 2008 11:00 AM
Will the media now ask McCain to confirm that he sought out Hagee's endorsement,which he previously denied? Who is telling the truth? Or is that type of question not be asked of the "straight talker" (or is it the more current flip-flopper)? And why have we not seen endless repetition of Falwell and Robertson blaming 9/11 on "gays, leftists, and pro-abortion " folks? Afterall, McCain has defended both lately and also delivered the commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University. Fair is fair, right??
Posted by: Richard Von | March 22, 2008 3:18 PM