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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Yeah, it seems to me that it's the politicians who have latched on to selling themselves as the candidate who represents "evangelical" issues, rather than direct endorsements by many, mainstream, non-televised religious leaders.
Sometimes you get a sense of an endorsement in terms of the issues that a church leader might emphasize at a certain time, but I've never known anyone who wasn't a televangelist who really tried to endorse anyone or manipulate voters, at least in real life.
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I'm sure it happens, but having attended several southern baptist churches without ever hearing these things (or the extreme fire and brimstone), I think a lot of the "attributes" of evangelicals are vastly overplayed.