“I think there's now an evangelical ‘tri-lemma.’ Do you vote for a Mormon who's had one wife, a Catholic who’s had three wives, or an evangelical who may have had an entire harem?”
Robert Jeffress
The pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas was speaking to Slate.
“I’d like to suggest that unless a set of Mormon underwear declares its candidacy for the presidency we would do well to leave it out of the conversation.”
Max Perry Mueller
The associate editor of the journal Religion & Politics was writing in the online magazine Religion Dispatches.
“You need to make it as clear as you possibly can that you deeply regret your past actions and that you do understand the anguish and suffering they caused others, including your former spouses.”
Richard Land
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was writing in an open letter to presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who has been married three times.
“I think that when he accepts the fact that we know that he loves Jesus Christ then I think I’ll like him a little better.”
Jack Plummer
The former Denver Broncos quarterback was commenting to a Phoenix radio station about fellow football player Tim Tebow’s openness about his faith.