The Anybody But Mitt crowd will hold an anxious confab in Texas this weekend, as evangelicals continue to search for a viable candidate who’ll carry water on their issues.
But do the grand sachems of the religious right have the heft anymore to swing voters toward a Rick (Santorum of Perry)? David Barton, not exactly a lefty, told the NYT, “If leaders did endorse one candidate, I think they’d wind up being ignored by their followers.”
Reuters says Santorum is surging in S.C., but the ardent Catholic has angered some Jewish leaders by saying that America needs a “Jesus candidate.”
Five former Vatican ambassadors endorsed Romney, bypassing fellow Catholics Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
Polls show Romney with large leads in N.H. and S.C., where his campaign recently released a mailer calling the lifelong Mormon “a man of deep and abiding faith, (who) has been in the same church his entire life.” Words omitted from the mailer: Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Ken Starr, who now heads Baptist Baylor University, says he could vote for a Mormon.
Copts in Egypt celebrated Christmas on Saturday amid tight security and fears of the Islamists’ growing power.
In Nigeria, the Islamist group Boko Haram, continues its deadly persecution of Christians.
Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George apologized for comparing gay rights protesters to the KKK. “This has evidently wounded a good number of people,” George said. “I have family members myself who are gay and lesbian, so it’s part of our lives. So I’m sorry for the hurt.”
A Spanish bishop says the Vatican told him that UNESCO has a plan to make half the world’s population homosexual.
No word on whether the Vatican got that info from Wikipedia, which they reportedly relied upon for their bios of the 22 newly named cardinals.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans to shutter about a quarter of its high schools and close or combine nearly 30 percent of its elementary schools, the AP reports.
Poptart Katy Perry’s father unleashed an anti-Semitic rant at his Ohio church. “You know how to make the Jew jealous? Have some money, honey,” Keith Hudson said during a recent sermon.
Tim Tebow performed another Sunday miracle, leading his team past the heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers and passing for 316 yards, as in John 3:16.
As Ed Stetzer joked, “Tim Tebow throws for 316 yards. Hmmmm. Maybe he really is the fourth member of the Trinity.”
Tebow’s next opponent is the New England Patriots, setting up a God-or-country choice for Christians. If he meets the Saints in the Superbowl, the decision could get even tougher.
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Daniel Burke
