Prometheus 6

He still needs to explain his spiritual advisor, Rod Parsley. And why he sought out the endorsement of the anti-Catholic John Hagee (and for that matter, why Sam Brownback defends Hagee). Besides...

Leading figures on the conservative "Religious Right" such as Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, did not sign the document, and his office said he had not been asked to sign it.

...it looks like the Mammonite sect of Christianity was excluded from this purification ritual.

Evangelicals urge pullback from politics
Christians become 'useful idiots' when faith is politicized, group says
Reuters
updated 3:35 p.m. ET, Wed., May. 7, 2008

DALLAS - A group of U.S. evangelical leaders called on Wednesday for a pullback from party politics so that followers would not become "useful idiots" exploited for partisan gain.

One in four U.S. adults count themselves as evangelical Protestants, giving them serious clout in a country where religion and politics often mix. Conservative evangelicals have become a key support base for the Republican Party.

But the movement has had growing pains and the statement issued on Wednesday, called an "Evangelical Manifesto," is the latest sign of emerging fractures as some activists seek to broaden its agenda beyond hot-button social issues such as opposition to abortion and gay rights.