Religion In Politics Or How Things Change In 4 Years — A supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry said something nasty about the religion of Republican presidential primary opponent Mitt Romney, namely that it was a cult.
Romney, along with fellow moderate Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. The institution is often called the Mormon Church.
The church uses the acronym LDS when required albeit not as its proper name.
The supporter who said the nasty thing was Robert Jeffress, the pastor of the 10,000-member First Baptist Church of Dallas, while he was introducing Perry at a convention.
The old media has taken an unusual interest in theological matters and began writing about it and grilling other candidates regarding Jeffress claim.
Perry, who does not attend Jeffress’ church, has said he does not think Romney’s church is a cult.
Now, just suppose Perry, or any of the other candidates regularly attended a church at which the pastor said things like:
The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied
And
We have supported state terrorism against the
Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because
the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own
front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.
You think they would mention it? I dunno. Four years ago they didn’t think it was a big deal.
On a lighter note, did you hear about the Occupy Philadelphia protestor who became a Mormon? He was dyslexic.