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I guess John McCain's Political Pastor, John Hagee, would be considered 'anti gay'---change that..He IS anti gay.

Here is just a small sampling of the belief system of this welcomed McCain supporter:

* All Muslims are programmed to kill and we can thus never negotiate with any of them. From an NPR interview Hagee gave to Terry Gross in 2006:

TG: If you use the Bible as the basis for policy, is there any room for compromise? And if you use the bible as the basis for policy, should Muslims use the Koran as the basis for their policy, and then again, what possible basis is there for compromise at that point?

JH: There is really no room for compromise between radical Islam --

TG: I'm not talking about radical Islam. I'm just talking about Islam in general.

JH: Well Islam in general -- those who live by the Koran have a scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews.

* God caused Hurricane Katrina to wipe out New Orleans because it had a gay pride parade the week before and was filled with sexual sin. From the same interview:
JH: All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that.

The newspaper carried the story in our local area, that was not carried nationally, that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it would was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other gay pride parades.

So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing. I know there are people who demur from that, but I believe that the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the Day of Judgment, and I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.

* The End Times -- Rapture -- is imminent and the U.S. Government must do what it can to hasten it, which at minimum requires: (a) a war with Iran and (b) undying, absolute support for a unified Israel, including all Occupied Territories (hence, Joe Lieberman's love affair with them). From Christian Palestinian Daoud Kuttab in The New York Times (h/t PZ Meyers):
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Maybe McCain can make John Hagee his VP choice?

I've always believed that what you do in your private life is your own business.

I don't believe in persecuting people for what they decide to do with their lives.

However, I also feel like some folks feel like everything they do should be beyond reproach and any disagreement should be silenced.

Let's face it. A lot of people don't think homosexuality is natural, moral, biological, whatever. That's their right to believe that and express that belief. That doesn't make them evil, ignorant monsters. It just means their opinion of things is different. I don't agree with them but whatever. I don't agree with physical attacks or slander on people that some choose to use to express their views but I draw the line when people want to silence or censor someone's beliefs or speech.

I also believe that laws are supposed to represent the will, norms, and morals of the people as a whole. If you fall out of that majority, I encourage you to express what you believe and hopefully find some common ground or find a place where you will be accepted.

I'm not antigay cause I think it's hard to choose who you love. I just think everyone should have a right to believe what they want and speak their beliefs if they feel so led without being penalized or charged with "hate" crimes.

"I also believe that laws are supposed to represent the will, norms, and morals of the people as a whole."

This is where you are wrong. The laws are designed for EVERY minority to get a say, every minority protection, etc. etc. They are NOT designed to give the majority its say. Why? That is how a tyranny forms.

Look up the process of the Constitutions writing. It was specifically designed to cause as much factional warring as possible. Federalist papers #10 is a good place to start.

"That doesn't make them evil, ignorant monsters."

Unfortunately, hate speech does. I am a fan of the ACLU because they protect everything, including, hate speech, but I have to draw the line somewhere. When a pastor specifically tells his congregation that god demands homosexuals death, that is when an actual danger presents itself. They have a write to their opinion, just not use their position of power to lead their flock into highly dangerous areas.

I respect the opinions of people of faith, though I am agnostic myself. I think people of faith have every right to feel how they feel. The problem arises when laws are born favoring discrimination based on faith...ie bans on gay marriage. One can be against homosexuality without being a homophobe or a gay basher. My brother calls me a Christophobe because I don't necessarily believe in God or Jesus. His label of me implies I fear or am against religion which is completely wrong. It just seems IMO, that most people of faith do condone hate when it comes to homosexuality. Hopefully, I am mistaken.

NEWSFLASH:
McCain finally grew a set and jettisoned his much loved supporter, Pastor John Hagee. It must have pained him, as Hagee was his "crown jewel" among the religious conservatives.

Let's see if the media lets McCain off with his late move, or if they crucify him nightly for a month, after throwing Hagee under the bus, like they did Obama.

Better late than never, so congrats to John McCain for FINALLY rebuking this homophobic, narrow minded, bigot.

Wouldn't it be just alright to hate everyone and everything . . . that way you'd only be half wrong come judgment day . . .