What a shocking development! Who would have suspected that Thompson was a ...Presbyterian?!
EthicsDaily.com asked Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a Thompson supporter, about Thompson's apparent lack of church involvement. In a race for the GOP presidential nomination where no clear frontrunner has emerged for religious conservatives, Land has described Thompson as a "Southern-fried Reagan" and predicted the race is his to lose.(via)
Land told EthicsDaily.com by phone that Thompson's wife is "a very regular attender" at Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Va. Land added that Thompson "attends there with his wife and children when he's in town."
"So, he is attending church on a regular basis," Land said. "I think that that information will help, perhaps, with all but some very-devout Church of Christ folks."
Peter James, pastor of Vienna Presbyterian Church, told EthicsDaily.com in a phone interview that Thompson "has attended" the church. James said he has seen Thompson at the church but has not had a conversation with him.
The Presbyterian pastor said Thompson was at the church "on occasion" and "much less often" than his family.
I guess time will only tell what impact this news will have on his campaign.
All sarcasm aside, I could care less about Thompson's church attendance and think it's stupid to badger the man about it. Did they do that to Reagan? I have no idea what his church affliction was, do you?
