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Pastor Hagee's Retraction Retraction

Katie Halper — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Not to brag, but I, Scanner Katie, TOTALLY saw this one coming when I broke the McCain's Pastor Says Homos May Not Be Responsible For Katrina story. The media is now saying that John Hagee, McCain's spiritual adviser, has retracted his retraction of his "gays caused Katrina" statement. But you can't retract a retraction you haven't made in the first place.

OK, just to catch everyone up, Hagee said gay people caused Katrina. Two weeks ago, when asked if he still held the theory, Hagee reiterated his position. Then the media said he was retracting his gays caused Katrina thesis when he said.

As a believing Christian, I see the hand of God in everything that happens here on earth, both the blessings and the curses,...But ultimately neither I nor any other person can know the mind of God concerning Hurricane Katrina. I should not have suggested otherwise.

Now the media is saying Hagee is retracting his retraction. But Hagee never retracted anything in the first place. He was merely admitting that he didn't have the God-dar to figure out which sinners the Lord was punishing. Only God knows whether his target was the gays, the women who work, or the Catholics. For He moves in mysterious anti-catholic, homophobic and misogynist ways.

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McCain's Pastor Says Homos May Not Be Responsible For Katrina

Katie Halper — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:58:00 GMT

McCain was "very honored" when he received the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee. Who wouldn't be psyched to get the support of someone who said homosexuals caused Katrina, calls the Catholic Church "The Great Whore," and compares the two-state solution to Nazis?

Hagee was quick to pin Katrina on the homosexuals and sinners of New Orleans. Speaking on God's behalf, Hagee explained "when you violate God's will long enough, the judgment of God comes to you. Katrina is an act of God for a society that is becoming Sodom and Gomorrah reborn." And he stuck to his story, reiterating his belief that "the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans."

Mccain has been less unwavering and more bi-curious, saying that it was "probably a mistake" to solicit Hagee's endorsement and stating that he is "glad to have" it.

Now it looks like some of McCain's wishywashyness may have rubbed off on Haggee, who last week announced "As a believing Christian, I see the hand of God in everything that happens here on earth, both the blessings and the curses.... But ultimately neither I nor any other person can know the mind of God concerning Hurricane Katrina."

This has been hailed as a "retraction" and "repudiation" of Hagee's Katrina comments. It seems more like an adjustment. It's not that Hagee is retracting the idea that God could, should and would meteorologically punish homosexual sinners. It's just that Hagee doesn't know for sure if that's what was motivating God and he doesn't want to be presumptuous. After all, there are a lot of Catholics in New Orleans. So Katrina could been God's wrath towards the "false cult."

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Top 10 Outrageous Quotes From McCain's Spiritual Advisers

Katie Halper — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Jeremiah "Obama's Pastor" Wright will appear on a PBS special with Bill Moyers tonight. Before the limelight-hogging preacher spews even more nonsense, and quotes even more ambassadors, we want to shed some light on the brilliant gems uttered by some of McCain's own spiritual advisers, Pastor John Hagee and Reverend Rod Parsley. When Hagee endorsed McCain, because he is a man of principle, McCain said he was “very honored by Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement." Reverend Parsons calls McCain a "strong, true, consistent conservative" and McCain calls Parsons "a spiritual adviser." Because the liberal media refuses to give any credit to McCain, it is up to us to be fair and balanced. So here are the top 10 Memorable Quotes said by McCain's religious advisers.

1."Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist."

- Pastor John Hagee in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman (Charisma House, 2005)

2. "The Quran teaches that [all Muslims have a mandate to kill Christians and Jews]. Yes, it teaches that very clearly."

-Pastor John Hagee

3." I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.... I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are -- were recipients of the judgment of God for that.... There was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades.... The Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment."

-Pastor John Hagee

4. "The military will have difficultly recruiting healthy and strong heterosexuals for combat purposes. Why? Fighting in combat with a man in your fox hole that has AIDS or is HIV positive is double jeopardy"

- Pastor John Hagee on Don't Ask Don't Tell in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman

5."It [Gay marriage] will open the door to incest, to polygamy, and every conceivable marriage arrangement demented minds can possibly conceive. If God does not then punish America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah."

-Pastor John Hagee on Don't Ask Don't Tell in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman

6. "It is impossible to call yourself a Christian and defend homosexuality. There is no justification or acceptance of homosexuality.... Homosexuality means the death of society because homosexuals can recruit, but they cannot reproduce."

-Pastor John Hagee on Don't Ask Don't Tell in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman

7. "Only a Spirit-filled woman can submit to her husband's lead. It is the natural desire of a woman to lead through feminine manipulation of the man. .... Fallen women will try to dominate the marriage. The man has the God-given role to be the loving leader of the home"

-Pastor John Hagee on Don't Ask Don't Tell in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman

8. "I cannot tell you how important it is that we understand the true nature of Islam, that we see it for what it really is. In fact, I will tell you this: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore."

-Parsley in Silent No More (Charisma House, 2005)

9. "Gay sexuality inevitably involves brutal physical abusiveness and the unnatural imposition of alien substances into internal organs, orally and anally, that inevitably suppress the immune system and heighten susceptibility to disease."

-Parsley in Silent No More (Charisma House, 2005)

10. "Only 1 percent of the homosexual population in America will die of old age. The average life expectancy for a homosexual in the United States of America is 43 years of age. A lesbian can only expect to live to be 45 years of age. Homosexuals represent 2 percent of the population, yet today they're carrying 60 percent of the known cases of syphilis."

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