We don’t agree with his theology, but I don’t think we’d say of him, as he says of us:
“...For example, he likes calling it ‘The Great Whore,’ an ‘apostate church,’ the ‘anti-Christ,’ and a ‘false cult system’.”
Although all non-Catholic/non-Orthodox Christians are material heretics (except for those in the process of being received into the Church), the Church recognizes them as Christian, and does not consider their ecclesial assemblies to be “apostate churches,” “The Great Whore,” or “false cult systems.”
There is no comparability in our views toward Mr. Hagee’s theology and his views toward ours.
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Coulda’ fooled me.
It is not the role of a politian to go around denouncing pastors for their strongly held religious beliefs. It just isn't.
Hagee's freedom to express those beliefs is matched by Catholic freedom to express your disgust with those beliefs. I have no problem with the debate. But it is death to all of us if we start demanding that our politicians go around denouncing supporter's religious beliefs.
It is different with Jews because they are not just a religion but an ethnicity and a nation. You cannot compare the two. Farrakhan is not just talking about the religion of Judaism. He hates Jews as a people and Israel as a Nation. To the extent that he disagrees with their religious beliefs, no one should denounce his expression of that. If he starts talking about their rights as a people to exist, or even to practice their religion, then that is another matter.
Everyone who wants to retain their own right to freely express their religious views should demand that McCain acknowledge the right of every American to express his or her religious views, to proselytize, to debate, to strongly disagree with contrary views, etc. A political endorsement is an endorsement of political views. The two must not continue to be confused.