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McCain Pushes Hagee, Parsley Away

May 24, 2008
This wasn't the best week for Sen. John McCain's (former) religious advisers, the Revs. John Hagee and Rod Parsley -- primarily because the Republican front-runner has effectively given them both the political heave-ho following the public re-airing of their takes on Israel and Islam, respectively.

McCain Rejects Hagee

May 23, 2008
With the nomination well in hand, John McCain has at last rejected the endorsement of pastor John Hagee, who once suggested that the Holocaust was a case of divine providence. McCain stood by Hagee in the past, when the minister's incendiary remarks about Catholicism and the supposedly divine cause of Hurricane Katrina first came to light.

McCain’s ‘Spiritual Guide’ Has a Big Issue with Islam

May 9, 2008
Looks like Sen. John McCain is being endorsed by more than one controversial preacher -- the apparent "must-have" of leading presidential hopefuls this election cycle. Meet the Rev. Rod Parsley, whose support McCain sought and won, according to Brave New Films and Mother Jones, which have launched a collaborative effort to expose Parsley's alarming beliefs about Islam and America's role on the world stage.

McCain’s Very Own Farrakhan

Mar 6, 2008
Whatever their true private beliefs, presidential candidates in America are constantly required to provide proofs of faith, often through their connections with various religious figures. Benedictions from the pulpit bestow an aura of righteousness -- except, of course, when the pastor or minister is a disreputable kook whose endorsement should be an embarrassment.