Statements on Religion
MoveOn.org
Half-True
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "

MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details


MoveOn.org
True
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"

MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details


Blogger
Pants on fire!
"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."

Blogger on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a posting on the Obama campaign blog. >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


McCain
False
The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."

John McCain on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a news conference in Israel >>Details


Chain e-mail
Mostly true
Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Mostly true
The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."

Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim.

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 11th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people.

Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details


Freedom Defense Advocates
Pants on fire!
The Mormon religion has "a plan that will see the Constitution thrown out and replaced by a theocracy."

Freedom Defense Advocates on Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."

Chain e-mail on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details


Huckabee
Pants on fire!
The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."

Mike Huckabee on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in Orlando >>Details


Huckabee
False
"I'll tell you what I can tell this country: If they want a president who doesn't believe in God, there's probably plenty of choices."

Mike Huckabee on Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 in Manchester, N.H. >>Details


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