Do Republicans Conveniently Convert To Whatever Religion They Think Is Most Popular With The Voters?
2009 July 10
Jeb Bush goes from Episcopalian to Catholic because he’s in Florida.
George W. Bush goes from Episcopalian to Methodist because he’s in Texas.
John McCain goes from Episcopalian to Baptist because he was trying to woo Southern voters.
And now Newt Gingrich goes from Baptist to Catholic for who knows what reason. (Did he recently move to Florida too?)
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/gingrich-gets-a-new-religion/
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The people you mentioned did not change religions – they joined a different denomination – BIG difference.
Your question would be valid if they converted form Christianity to say Judaism or Muslim or even an offshoot like Unitarian.
People change denominations all the time. My own parents were life long presbyterians but when the moved to FL they just liked the local methodist church better. The main difference between the 2 is the internal church government – that’s about it.
I think a more appropriate question would be do politicians often hide behind a church to cover up their own messes or to gain votes in an election? The answer to that on both sides of the aisle is an unchallenged YES!
What I can’t understand about Americans is why religion plays such a big part in elections. Isn’t politics about the policies and what politicians will actually DO? Here in British elections the usual reaction to a politician going on about their religion is “yeah, so what?” – in fact it’s a vote-loser to mention it.
Are you implying Dems are not religious?
Politics and religion are separate issues. Every person has the right to be religious and if they qualify, run for office. This great country allows that.
Not necessarily
Mitt Romney is still a mormon
I would say that’s a phenomenon that is common to politicians in general. I mean all of the sudden during the campaign Obama started to have problems with his wacko priest…
All politicians do whatever it takes to get elected and stay elected. That is their sole motivation, religious or otherwise.
You asked this before, and many people already pointed out that Obama “conveniently” left his church of 20 years when his nutjob racist preacher was exposed.