According to Norton1: "I KNEW this was a Trolling thread - but NO I couldn't leave the Damn thing alone - had to read it. . . ."

No, this was not a trolling thread. I started this thread, with an article taken directly from the Washington Post, to show that those who would pervert religion are not limited to the extremeists of other parts of the world, they include some of the most prominent of American "Christians."

The likes of Falwell and Robertson have long been prominent in the ranks of the Republican Party and no Republican of recent memory, not Reagan, not Bush, and not Bush II could have been elected as our president without their support.