Why haven't they piled on to John McCain? He was "proud and honored" to be endorsed by the Reverend John Hagee. Here are a few tidbits from the good Pastor (with thanks to MediaMatters):
On the September 18, 2006, edition of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, host Terry Gross said to Hagee, "You said after Hurricane Katrina that it was an act of God, and you said 'when you violate God's will long enough, the judgment of God comes to you. Katrina is an act of God for a society that is becoming Sodom and Gomorrah reborn.' " She then asked, "Do you still think that Katrina is punishment from God for a society that's becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah?" Hagee responded:
HAGEE: 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 are -- 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 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 that 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.
Earlier in the program, Gross asked if Hagee believed that "all Muslims have a mandate to kill Christians and Jews," to which Hagee replied, "Well, the Quran teaches that. Yes, it teaches that very clearly."
A March 7, 1996, article (accessed via the Nexis database) in the San Antonio Express-News reported that Hagee was going to "meet with black religious leaders privately at an unspecified future date to discuss comments he made in his newsletter about a 'slave sale,' an East Side minister said Wednesday." The Express-News reported:
Hagee, pastor of the 16,000-member Cornerstone Church, last week had announced a "slave sale" to raise funds for high school seniors in his church bulletin, "The Cluster."
The item was introduced with the sentence "Slavery in America is returning to Cornerstone" and ended with "Make plans to come and go home with a slave."
2 comments:
The difference, I think these stories suggest, between Hagee and Wright, is that Hagee is focusing on the traditional boogey-men of the American white middle class society, and Wright is pointing out that they who think so smugly about the sins of others are sinners themselves. Which one sounds like Jesus?
I just heard a clip from Rev. Moss who preached at Rev Wright's church this morning, calling what has happened a media lynching. His proof that a violent act had been propagated against rev wright was that the members and jr Pastor's families were bombarded by reporters asking them "How did you feel...?" which is what happens when someone is shot, or there is a tragedy. This too, probably doesn't register with the Hagee crowd, but is the logic of the underclass. It is poetic, and vibrant too. Real life, one might say, instead of a "Leave it to Beaver" concept. ( No offense meant towards Wally, the Beav, Ward or June or any other typical White people)
Wouldn't it be funny (in a pathetic sort of way) to hear McCain attempt to give a speech like Obama's reply to the Rev. Wright frenzy?
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