McCain was "very honored" when he received the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee. Who wouldn't be psyched to get the support of someone who said homosexuals caused Katrina, calls the Catholic Church "The Great Whore," and compares the two-state solution to Nazis?
Hagee was quick to pin Katrina on the homosexuals and sinners of New Orleans. Speaking on God's behalf, Hagee explained "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." And he stuck to his story, reiterating his belief that "the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans."
Mccain has been less unwavering and more bi-curious, saying that it was "probably a mistake" to solicit Hagee's endorsement and stating that he is "glad to have" it.
Now it looks like some of McCain's wishywashyness may have rubbed off on Haggee, who last week announced "As a believing Christian, I see the hand of God in everything that happens here on earth, both the blessings and the curses.... But ultimately neither I nor any other person can know the mind of God concerning Hurricane Katrina."
This has been hailed as a "retraction" and "repudiation" of Hagee's Katrina comments. It seems more like an adjustment. It's not that Hagee is retracting the idea that God could, should and would meteorologically punish homosexual sinners. It's just that Hagee doesn't know for sure if that's what was motivating God and he doesn't want to be presumptuous. After all, there are a lot of Catholics in New Orleans. So Katrina could been God's wrath towards the "false cult."
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