Posted on 04/07/2015 9:26:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“In five years we’ll find out what [Obama’s] real religion is.”
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — One of the high points from Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign kickoff Tuesday came when a black local pastor named Jerry Stephenson delivered an impassioned mini-sermon on behalf of the candidate.
After touting Paul’s unique ability to reach out to Democratic people of color, Stephenson added some extra heft to his support by saying he was a lifelong Democrat who had only become an independent in 2012. “And I am telling every independent it is time to run out here and run with Senator Rand Paul!” he declared.
On stage, Stephenson seemed like the perfect symbol of the unique coalition of 2016 voters the Paul camp is working to build. Some of the candidate’s advisers have identified black and Latino churchgoers as a key demographic they are poised to poach from Democrats — and here was a politically independent black preacher offering a fervent and full-throated endorsement.
After the event, however, the pastor struck a rather more strident tone. Speaking to a couple of reporters, Stephenson got on the subject of the religious freedom debate and — after a bit of prodding from a radio interviewer — began musing about why he believed President Obama wasn’t backing up conservative Christians.
“In five years we’ll find out what [Obama’s] real religion is,” Stephenson said.
Asked to explain what he meant, he said, “I think the evidence of his actions are not friendly toward Christians. Once he’s out, he will ‘evolve’ like he did on gay marriage. I just believe that’s what he will do.”
Stephenson wouldn’t say how he believed Obama’s faith might evolve, saying simply, “That’s a question he’ll have to answer.”
While Stephenson didn’t officially leave the Democratic Party until 2012, he gave an interview to The Guardian during the 2010 about his support for Paul and his disillusionment with the president.
A spokesman for Paul’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
As if he were even Christian in the first place...
*was even
How can you evolve from something you never were?
“Evolve” is an unfortunate word to choose, for a Paul supporter, and a Minister no less.
“”Evolve, adapt or die. That is the fate of our current Republican party. We must evolve as a party and find a way to attract millennials to the conservative movement or we will never succeed in realizing our ideals of individual freedom and freedom from government interference.””
“I think that the Republican Party, in order to get bigger, will have to agree to disagree on social issues,” Paul advised. “The Republican Party is not going to give up on having quite a few people who do believe in traditional marriage. But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who don’t want to be festooned by those issues.”
If rand Paul wants his campaign to pretend Obama is Christian...
No if they want to pretend Obama is whom they’re running against, then his weird hairdo is no lie
He is out of it
Running against George Bush worked pretty well for 0bama. Twice.
If the media ask Obama if he’s Christian, he’ll say yes. I wonder what he would say if they asked him if he was muslim? They don’t seem to want to go there.
Obama is a muslim by birth because of his father. Has he ever denied islam? I don’t believe so.
You are correct
Rules for Dems are so completely different from rules for GOP
But first place, the corruption among GOP puts them in the wimpy section. They prosper when they are in the minority
They are like ‘brave sir robin’ they do not want the majority
When some dope like rand Paul steps up with his nefarious GOP issue or men, he is in a losing position
His in particular, is, let’s run against a lame duck screwing everything up who enjoys around 50% adoration an 98% love andcsupport from the media, who isn’t even on the ticket, who does not matter
Totally different rules
You know that
Some kind free per recently showed me how to disable auto correct and I didn’t take advantage. Now I’m stuck in auto correct world where my message is thrown so far I don’t even know what I meant to say
But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who don’t want to be festooned by those issues.
the thing is, those who don’t believe in traditional marriage are using the govt to punish those who disagree.
Does Paul want to pander to the homonazis???
Obama worships himself.
“My Muslim faith...” out of his own mouth!
To quote Tom Servo, “You don’t have to be Sigmund Freud.”
Obama is an atheist, like most Communists are. Will he admit it five years from now? Maybe.
God bless any black person who publicly speaks out against B. Hussein Obama.
Yep, more like “evolve” as in come out the closet...
Near as I can tell the “black liberation theology” churches like Wright’s aren’t churches at all. They’re political organizations that use a Bible as a tax dodge.
‘were’ was correct. If...were.
He evolved into a Muslim at about age 6.
I'm curious if this church is associated with the United Church of Christ, which is very pro-gay.
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