He does not have "strong theological views". Do not sugar coat what John Hagee says. He says that Catholics were in league with Hitler, and that Catholicism is a "false cult", and that the Church is the anti-Christ. That is not the reasoned theological view of a pastor. That is a bigot.
John McCain wants to be president, and he did show a preference. He showed a preference for a bigot and against Catholics.
I am not a fan of Bill Donahue, but I thought that what the Catholic League highlighted as a leader taking an anti-bigoted stance (President Bush) and the stance that John McCain has taken is really telling.
Here is a link:
http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1395
and here is an excerpt:
“Bush said he did not approve of ‘the anti-Catholic and racially divisive views associated with that school.’ He added, ‘Such opinions are personally offensive to me, and I want to erase any doubt about my views and values.’ Moreover, Bush opined that ‘I reject religious intolerance—because faith is defined by grace and hope, not fear and division.’
One man, President Bush, showed leadership and rejected bigotry. One man, John McCain, could not wait to tell the world how proud he was to associate and have the approval of a bigot.
The full quote is not immediately available, but the man wrote extensively on those beliefs about Methodists and was cheered and saluted by the highest levels of society for doing so.
I can scour the Internet for a single RC suggestion that Johnson was wrong.
Not that they should have repudiated him ~ you should have heard what Johnson was saying about Catholics.
Still, Hagee's arguments are metaphysical and fall within the range of current Christian thinking ~ even Catholic thinking. Don't you, after all, have Catholics into the driving out of demons?