Trump advisers: The faith factor

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By Emily McFarlan Miller and Kimberly Winston
December 13, 2016

(RNS) An education secretary who supports school vouchers to get more children into private religious schools. A White House strategist whose ex-wife accused him of anti-Semitism. A national security adviser who called Islam “a political ideology hiding behind a religion.”

After a campaign in which President-elect Donald Trump was accused of trafficking in bigotry and hatred, and of changing his views to win the conservative religious vote, he is choosing Cabinet members who have made controversial statements on religious and ethical issues.

Here is a list of some of the appointees and what they have said and done with regards to religion.

Rick Perry

Several media outlets report former Governor of Texas Rick Perry will be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy, the body Perry famously could not name as a candidate in the 2012 election. Perry campaigned in that election on the promise to dismantle the department he is now picked to lead.

http://religionnews.com/2016/12/13/trumps-advisers-the-faith-factor/

[guillaumeb]

1. Trump worships money.

And his Cabinet nominees certainly share in that faith.

[Jim__]

2. They didnt give us a profile of Sylvester Stallone.

According to the New York Post, he may be up for chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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3. Wow. Can Mr. T be far behind?