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“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -
think about such things.”  (Philippians 4:8 NIV)

By Gloriscope staff

Mike Huckabee’s victory in the Iowa caucuses yesterday and the surprisingly strong mobilization of evangelicals in Iowa’s Republican Party were too late for comments in today’s editorials by major U.S. city dailies, with the exception of the New York Times.

The New York Times takes a distinctly negative attitude toward Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor. The newspaper’s editorial says that Huckabee “cloaks himself in affability and Christianity” and that he ” bullied Mr. Romney into pleading with religious conservatives to accept his Mormon faith as Christian enough for a Republican nominee.”

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, writes in his blog this morning: “The convincing victory won by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee instantly reshapes the Republican race.” Dr. Mohler says, “The turnout in Iowa contradicts the predictions that the so-called Religious Right has been sidelined.” But he adds a spiritual perspective, “The political sphere is important, but never ultimate. Jesus Christ is Lord – and He will be Lord regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. This presidential race offers evangelical Christians an opportunity to mature and rethink our model of political engagement. We are likely to confront developments and choices that will require significant intellectual effort among American Christians.”

Deacon Keith Fournier writes in Catholic Online about what he calls “the Huckabee Phenomenon and the fall of the old ‘religious right’”: “This candidate has a growing base of Catholic support. Obviously, Catholic Christians cannot be called ‘fundamentalists.’ Additionally, he has a growing base of populist supporters, showing himself to be not unlike Democratic candidate John Edwards.” But unlike Edwards, Fournier points out, Huckabee hears the unborn in their mother’s vomb, and that is “the HUGE difference.” 

The National Catholic Register has published an editorial with a very strong criticism of pro-abortion Catholics, including Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The newspaper asks, “How will history see Pelosi’s career? As part of a Catholic Church scandal next to which the abuse scandals pale into insignificance: the scandal of lay Catholics aggressively promoting laws that doom millions of human beings to death by abortion.” The newspaper compares pro-abortion Catholics to pro-slavery Catholics in the past, who gained an ill reputation as a destructive force in the society. The editorial says, “The many influential pro-abortion Catholics in our day will be singled out in the future in the same way. You can bet that society will one day turn away from abortion – morality always wins out in the end.”

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TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!

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