Sen. Paul: There is a War on Christianity

Says it is being waged by "liberal elites"

Senator Rand Paul, who is seriously considering running for President of the United States, told a conservative Christian audience today that, "There is a war on Christianity" being waged by "liberal elites' and "worldwide as well.

Read his remarks below, delivered at today's Faith and Freedom Coalition luncheon in DC. The organization's big "Road to Majority" event starts today and runs through Saturday. Jeb Bush, sarah Palin, Ted Cruz and many others are speaking in the next couple days.

Rand Paul has been actively courting the conservative Christian community for months. He took a trip to Israel which was organized by influential evangelical organizer David Lane and has been speaking to Christian audiences in key GOP Primary states. He will speak to hundreds of Iowa pastors next month in Des Moines. The Brody File also knows of plenty of private events he has done within the Christian community.

Comments

[ant1sthenes]

While I can imagine it is controversial when you boil it down like that, the transcript I read was justifying his existing hands-off foreign policy to Christians by pointing out how often aid goes to places that oppress Christians.

It isn't much different than a Jewish politician telling Jewish voters we should cut aid to nations that routinely carry out pogroms.