Maybe Tea Partier Was Right to Challenge Methodists

Recently a Fort Worth newspaper columnist spotlighted a local Tea Party leader for suggesting a local political candidate was likely less conservative, and less supportable, because he’s Methodist. (Photo of Tea Partiers by Abaca Press)

“Methodists tend not to take a stand on issues — anything goes,” the Tea Partier suggested. “Methodists are not as conservative as straight-laced Baptists,” she wrote. “If I have to choose between an uptight, straight laced Baptist for a judge, and a more liberal Methodist, and all else is equal, I’m gonna go with the Baptist.”