US Elections 2008 - III

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McCain and his Islam-hating evangelists

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: An evangelist whom Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for the Presidency, has called his “spiritual guide”, also happens to be an Islam hater, having described it as a “false religion” against which a war must be waged.
Rev Rod Parsley, the television evangelist mega-church pastor from Ohio, has called on Christians to wage war against Islam. In the past, Parsley has also railed against the separation of church and state, homosexuals, and abortion rights, comparing Planned Parenthood to the Nazis.
McCain actively sought and received Parsley’s endorsement in the presidential race, according to Huffington Post. McCain has called Parsley “a spiritual guide”, but hasn’t said whether he shares Parsley’s vicious anti-Islam views. The mainstream media has so far refrained from asking him if he shares Parsley’s views on Islam.
Another evangelist, Rev John Hagee, who said that God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual sins is also a McCain supporter.