Many on the Right gave Obama hell for attending Rev. Wright’s racist black church for 20 years. Yet when it comes to Michele Bachmann attending a church that preached against Catholics there is silence. To her credit she did leave that church, but why did it take her 10 years? To make matters worse this church defends it’s hatred of Roman Catholicism.
WASHINGTON — The Lutheran denomination that GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann quit in June sought to explain its belief that the papacy is the anti-Christ after reports questioned whether Bachmann is anti-Catholic.
Six days before Bachmann officially launched her presidential campaign last month, the Minnesota Republican and her family left Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minn., which is part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
Synod spokesman Joel Hochmuth said Thursday (July 14) the Bachmanns had been members of Salem Lutheran for more than a decade, but had not attended the church for at least two years. They did not request a transfer to another congregation, he said.
The denomination says on its website: “We identify the Antichrist as the papacy. This is an historical judgment based on Scripture.”
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According to Hochmuth, the pastor told Bachmann that WELS “primarily views the office of the papacy as the Antichrist, not the individual popes themselves.”
Asked for comment, Birkholz said Thursday, “I have been asked by my congregation not to give any more interviews.”
She attended this church for 10 years! Yet dead silence from many on the Right. Michele Bachmann has explaining to do.
Tags: Anti-Catholicism, Michele Bachmann, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
