The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) conducted a study in 2011 of white evangelical Protestants, who were asked if elected officials could still carry out their duties if they committed an immoral act in their private life. Not unexpectedly, they responded overwhelmingly in the negative:
"Sixty-one percent said such a politician could not 'behave ethically,' twice the 30 percent who felt that such a politician could manage it."Then, as if speaking in tongues to the pollster, the bible-humpers had an epiphany last year, apparently brought on by the golden sinner-in-chief:
"Five years later, in October, 2016, P.R.R.I. asked the same question. The percentage of white evangelical Protestants who said that a politician who commits an immoral act in their personal life could still behave ethically shot up from 30 to 72 percent. The percentage saying such a politician could not serve ethically plunged from 63 to 20 percent." (emphasis added)We suppose pathological lying, bigotry, sexual assault and greed aren't covered anymore in the bible that they're, uh, humping these days.
