I refer to those as “mainstream” and true Bible-believing churches as “evangelical” or “orthodox” or “fundamental”.
I'm in the south. I am fairly sure I'll be voting for Santorum on Tuesday.
“Mainline”, not “mainstream”. Mainline is not mainstream. And, as you point out, does anyone seriously think that the Episcopalians, for example, denomination are Christian? Sodomites and heresy everywhere.
Last time I was in the Methodist church of my youth it was full of bulletin boards plastered with flyers screaming for “eco justice” and celebrating diversity.
—Perhaps Santorum used mainstream to refer to those denominations like the Episcopalians, who ordain homosexuals, or the PCUS, which is so apostate I cannot even begin to list their problems and other members of the National Council of Churches.—
If that was what he meant, he should have been more precise in his choice of words.
But it doesn’t matter. He’s lost the non-catholic vote.
I was concerned from the git-go that he might say something with a nuclear impact. This was it. He can try to spin it all he wants. He may even make a claim to what you suggest above. It won’t matter. He’s the guy in the western that’s been shot and is coughing up blood as his woman holds his head in her arms. He’s done.
The good news is that the “not romney” vote is no longer split.