McCain Rejects Hagee and Parsley Endorsements
May 23, 2008 5:43 am Christian Right and GOP, Christian ZionismMcCain Rejects Pastors Backing Over Remarks - washingtonpost.com, May 23, 2008
STOCKTON, Calif., May 22 — Sen. John McCain on Thursday repudiated the presidential endorsement of the Rev. John Hagee after learning about a sermon in which the megachurch pastor from San Antonio declared that God allowed the rise of Adolf Hitler because it resulted in returning Israel to the Jewish people.
The Arizona Republicans decision to distance himself from Hagee came after months of mounting criticism, particularly from Roman Catholics, over his acceptance of Hagee’s endorsement in late February. Hagee has called the Catholic Church a “false religious system” and a “false cult system” and has suggested that the church played a role in the Holocaust.