The Daily Background
| Jewish groups hit McCain over “Christian nation” remarks
by Arlen Parsa
More McCain fallout from his Beliefnet interview- this time from the Jewish community:
The American Jewish Committee, an international think tank and advocacy organization based in New York, issued a statement criticizing the Arizona senator, arguing that McCain should know that the United States is a democratic society without a religious test for public office.
“To argue that America is a Christian nation, or that persons of a particular faith should by reason of their faith not seek high office, puts the very character of our country at stake,” Jeffrey Sinensky, the group’s general counsel, said Monday in a statement.
A partisan organization, the National Jewish Democratic Council, also called McCain’s comments repugnant.
Naturally Joe Lieberman scampered come to McCain’s side to defend him.
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