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title : Ted Cruz Defends Backing From IHOP Mike Bickle, Who Said 'Hitler Was Hunter Sent by God'
summary : Despite public pressure, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz isn't distancing himself from the endorsement of International House of Prayer director Mike Bickle, an Evangelical pastor who characterized military dictator Adolf Hitler as "a hunter sent by God to go after Jews who don't to convert to Christianity." Although Jewish groups are asking Cruz campaign managers to denounce Bickle's interpretation of scripture, a senior advisor to Cruz, Nick Muzin, welcomed Bickle's support in a statement published Thursday (Feb. 11) in the Jewish Journal.
date : Feb 11, 2016 10:24 PM EST
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title : Religious Test for Immigrants Becomes Divisive Political Tool for U.S. Legislators
summary : U.S. Senate Democrats are pushing Republicans Wednesday about legislation that would bar religious testing for immigrants, because the vote presumably would force Republicans to take sides for or against presidential candidate Donald Trump, who called for barring Muslims from entering the United States.
date : Jan 20, 2016 04:33 PM EST
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title : Marco Rubio Defines Christian Faith In New TV Ad for GOP Presidential Bid
summary : In a new television ad scheduled to launch this weekend in Iowa, GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida speaks about his Christian faith and how religion influences his life, aiming straight at evangelical voters. “The struggle on a daily basis as a Christian is to remind ourselves of (salvation). The purpose of our life is to cooperate with God’s plan,” he proclaims.
date : Jan 07, 2016 09:29 PM EST
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