Falwell Endorses Trump
May 6, 2016
Jerry Jr. that is. Actually, he would support whomever the Republican nominee was. Ted Cruz announced in a speech at Falwell’s Liberty University that he was running for president. Falwell’s decision has resulted in one of his board members resigning. Turns out the guy was a senior advisor to Romney in 2008 and 2012 and most recently supported Rubio.
My question is simply this: Why do ministers and religious leaders feel the need to endorse candidates and get involved in politics? Politics is the dirtiest game in town. I would have more respect for these people if they held a blackjack tournament.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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