The way pastor Dwight McKissic sees it, there isn’t a candidate in this year’s presidential race who really represents evangelical Christian views on abortion or sexuality.
McKissic certainly feels strongly about both issues: He once suggested Hurricane Katrina may have been a form of divine judgment for gay pride parades and abortion centers in New Orleans, among other practices like voodoo and “devil worship.”
Republican candidates in the past have shared his opposition to gay marriage and abortion. But as McKissic weighs this year’s presidential race, he has a different calculus in mind — and a great deal of cynicism about the party that once promised to represent his values.