Fox News Ignores Rick Santorum's Bigoted Preacher Pal?

Who could forget Fox's coverage of the 2008 presidential race - those halcyon days when Fox "News" advanced the meme that Barack Obama, as articulated by Sarah Palin, "palled around with terrorists" and was a member of a radical church headed by a scary black man? Fox theologian, Sean Hannity, did a number of segments about how Obama's friend and spiritual mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, espoused "black liberation theology" which, according to Hannity, seeks to destroy white America as we know it. Of course, Wright was a well respected pastor in the United Church of Christ - a predominately white - but (and this is important) - liberal church. Fox "News" has continued to show skepticism towards Obama in matters of faith. His not having chosen a church was a source of some commentary, including a homily by Fox priest, Fr. Jonathan Morris. So given Fox's animosity towards our president, especially in matters of faith, can you imagine the outcry if he attended a service given by a pastor who preached that all Christians need to leave the country. But wait, Rick Santorum just appeared at a service given by Dennis Terry of the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church, a man whose bigotry, regarding those who do not worship Jesus, is front and center. Got hypocrisy?

This past weekend, GOP presidential candidate and true, blue Christian conservative Rick Santorum was prayed over by Dennis Terry of the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Louisiana. He was accompanied by Tony Perkins, head of the hate group, "Family Research Council." Pastor Terry is a virulent homophobe who compares gays to criminals, addicts, and pedophiles. Santorum clapped as Terry spoke of how homosexuality is "perversion" and how non-Christians should leave the country:

“I don’t care what the liberals say, I don’t care what the naysayers say, this nation was founded as a Christian nation. There’s only one God, and his name is Jesus. I’m tired of people telling me that I can’t say those words. I’m tired of people telling us as Christians that we can’t voice our beliefs or we can no longer pray in public. Listen to me. If you don’t loveAmerica, if you don’t like the way we do things, I have one thing to say — get out!”

So it appears that Santorum is palling around with bigots. Bueller? Bueller?

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commented 2012-03-21 00:51:08 -0400 · Flag

Jesus Sez

This land is my land
This land is GOP Land
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This land was made for Terrrrieeeeee …

commented 2012-03-20 23:40:15 -0400 · Flag

Actually, Mr Terry should be reminded that, despite his assertion, this country was founded as a BUSINESS enterprise. (Why is it that everyone seems to forget that the Jamestown colony was established over a decade before the little Pilgrim story took place?) But, putting that aside, Mr Terry should recall that HIS denomination was one of those being forced to pay tax money to fund ANOTHER denomination which led to Jefferson’s great declaration of a “wall of separation” between church and state. (A group of BAPTISTS in Connecticut wrote a letter to then-President Jefferson over what essentially amounted to persecution. If the Baptists didn’t pay an annual fee to help finance Connecticut’s STATE CHURCH—the Congregational Church—they were largely excluded from all functions of government—no voting, no jury service, no running for political office. The Baptists at that time were a minority denomination.)

And good ol’ Frothy Mixture should remember how much genuine persecution those of his denomination faced in this country until well into the mid 20th century. Catholics were loathed by the vast majority of Americans (especially in the Midwest and South), not only because of their being Papists but also because the majority were immigrants (mainly from Ireland and Italy; by the early 20th century, many Catholics were also coming from Eastern Europe, especially Poland).