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Article: McCain endorsement could pose problems with Catholics
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2008
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SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) - Endorsed by an influential Texas
televangelist, Republican John McCain endeared himself to one group
of voters but risked alienating another with the pastor's anti-
Catholic views.
The controversy has been mild so far, but still, every vote
counts in a presidential election that is expected to be closely
contested.
Evangelical or born-again Christian voters were key to George W.
Bush's victories, but so were Roman Catholics, who chose Bush over
their fellow Catholic John Kerry in 2004 and over Al Gore in 2000.
The televangelist, San Antonio megachurch leader John Hagee, has
referred to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and
called it a "false cult system" and ...