(RNS) Marco Rubio is not the Savior, in case you were wondering.
And, yes, that came up at Thursday night’s Fox News-Google Republican primary debate in Iowa. That’s because 60 percent of Iowa’s likely Republican caucus voters are evangelicals, and candidates were doing all they could to court them in the Hawkeye State.
Here’s what the candidates had to say about Islamic extremism, religious liberty and more in a debate rich with religious references.