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So \u2014 following up on this MOJ\u00a0post<\/a> \u2014 I think that John Hagee is loathesome.\u00a0 (How could a Roman Catholic not?)\u00a0 And, I blogged<\/a> here at Vox Nova <\/em>a few months ago about the \u201ctroubling\u201d fact that Gov. Huckabee (who, at the time, many Catholics seemed to find attractive) had no problem hanging out with Hagee, whom I called a \u201cvirulent and ignorant anti-Catholic polemicist\u201d (which he is) who needs to get the word about \u201cCatholics and Evangelicals Together.\u201d\u00a0 So, I certainly would rather Sen. McCain steer clear of him, too.<\/p>\n

That said, two thoughts.\u00a0 First, let\u2019s be real:\u00a0 No one is going to insist that Sen. Obama disavow or condemn all of his prominent supporters \u2014 I\u2019m sure there are many \u2014 who believe that the Catholic Church is a force for evil and \/\u00a0or a den of lunatics.\u00a0 So, the \u201cMcCain must disavow\u201d business seems a bit opportunistic.\u00a0 (Again, I think he should<\/i> distance himself from Hagee.)\u00a0 Everyone knows that McCain is not anti-Catholic (just like everyone knows that Obama does not hate Jews).<\/p>\n

Next, no one should<\/i> demand that candidates disavow supporters who believe that the Catholic Church\u2019s teachings are false.\u00a0 After all, this is what non-Catholics believe.\u00a0 If they didn\u2019t, one assumes they would be Catholics.\u00a0 To me, Hagee\u2019s anti-Catholic views are not (given that he is a Protestant minister) as objectionable as the anti-Semitic and other racialist views of, say, Louis Farrakhan.\u00a0 (My understanding is that there is nothing about being a Muslim that requires one to be a racialist or to traffic in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.)\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"