Perry's Pastor Jeffress Steps in It
Pastor Jeffress and the C-word At the Values Voters Summit in Washington where the GOP candidates & some supporters spoke, First Baptist Church of Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress introduced Gov. Perry, calling him a “genuine follower of Jesus Christ & born again, and that’s what we want.” This is unmistakable code among especially Evangelicals who apparently call every self-proclaimed Christian creed except Mormons Christians. Just think back to Huckabee’s “Christian candidate” signs & TV ads in 2008. We’re savvy to that subterfuge. But Perry-supporting callers to shows continue to use it. “He later told reporters that Christians have a “duty” to vote for a “competent Christian” over an equally-competent person of another faith. Specifically, he said Evangelicals should pull the lever for Perry over Mitt Romney because of Romney’s Mormonism, which Jeffress said is “a cult”. And now, we have a media-hyped brouhaha over religious bigotry in the Republican Party.” [from “Th...