[Apologetics] Michele Bachmann officially leaves her Lutheran church

[Art Kelly]

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Michele Bachmann officially leaves her church
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By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor

Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann
has long been a darling of conservative evangelicals, but shortly before
announcing her White House bid, she officially quit a church she'd
belonged to for years.

Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, and her husband, Marcus, withdrew
their membership from Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minnesota,
last month, according to church officials.

The Bachmanns had been members of the church for more than 10 years,
according to Joel Hochmuth, director of communications for the Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the broader denominational body of which
Bachmann's former church is a member...
 
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has come under criticism from
some Catholics for its views on the papacy, an institution that the
denomination calls the Antichrist.

"We identify the Antichrist as the Papacy," the denomination's website
says. "This is an historical judgment based on Scripture."

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights issued a statement
Thursday about Bachmann's denomination, saying it's "regrettable that
there are still strains of anti-Catholicism in some Protestant circles."

"But we find no evidence of any bigotry on the part of Rep. Michele
Bachmann," the statement continued. "Indeed, she has condemned
anti-Catholicism. Just as President Barack Obama is not responsible for
the views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Rep. Bachmann must be judged on the
basis of her own record."

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