Following his endorsement and introduction of Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit, Robert Jeffress went on Focal Point with Bryan Fischer to chastise Romney’s Mormon faith, arguing that he is not a “true, born again follower of Christ.” He said that only Perry can defeat “the most pro-homosexual, most pro-abortion president in history.”
“It is not Christianity, it is not a branch of Christianity,” Jeffress said, “It is a cult.” Jeffress went on to explain that many evangelical Christians will not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon and therefore not “indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God.” He even claimed that Romney’s Mormon faith “speaks to the integrity issue” as it explains why he has reversed his position on abortion rights, among other issues.
Incidentally, Bryan Fischer will be speaking immediately after Romney at the summit and has claimed that Mormons do not have rights under the First Amendment. As we have previously noted, this is not the first time Jeffress has attacked the Mormon faith and Mitt Romney for his religion, saying Mormons “worship a false god.”
UPDATE: Watch Jeffress’ introduction of Perry, where he makes a subtle contrast at the end of Perry, a “born again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ,” to Romney, who is simply a “good, moral person”:
