McCain's Own Congressman a Closet Dominionist?

Another interesting story that I stumbled upon is this one that asks that very question about McCain's representative in congress and his apparent adherence to the dangerous religio-political philosophy of Dominionism.

Trent Franks, the congressman in question, recently gave a "speech" wherein he conflated the Statue of Liberty with the Xian cross, called the current War on Terra^tm a crusade, and said that all of us out here in the Reality-Based Community are worse -- worse! -- than those "Islamofascists" who are trying to destroy the country from outside, because, as he puts it, it's the water on the inside that sinks the boat.

Okay, you're saying, that's par for the course. He can pretty much say anything he wants, tossing out red meat to his Christianist base in a political stump speech.

Uh-huh. The only problem with that reasoning is this: It wasn't a political stump speech. It was a sermon delivered from the pulpit of McCain's own church!

Politicians need to stay away from religion, and vice versa. When church and state become entwined, you end up with bad government and bad theology.

BTW, McCain ought to be called to answer for this ("Do you agree with him? Or do you denounce, reject, condemn, abhor, disdain, etc etc him?") as well as for his devotion to those frothing-at-the-mouth clinically-insane wingnut preachers he's actively courted the support of, people of the ilk of Rod Parsley and John Hagee (who, for example, stated on numerous occasions that the Catholic Church was a "whore", and worse). But he won't be, and that's because the MSM/SCLM are so fucking in love with the bastard that they can't get off their knees long enough to identify a news story if it came up and kicked them in ass. They didn't have any problem smearing Obama with his "guilt by association" with his own pastor, but god forbid they should show any hint of balanced reporting when it comes to their boy McCain.

After all, he might not invite them to any more barbecues...