Moments before the 2011 Values Voter Summit straw poll results were announced in Washington Saturday, Glenn Beck was on stage defending Mormonism against the attacks on the faith that have come from some of the speakers here at the Omni Shoreham.
Beck’s a Mormon and he sought to make it clear that on a fundamental level, his version of Christianity is the same as that of the evangelicals surrounding him in the crowd. Where it counts at least.
“I harbor no ill will or wish to hurt anyone as people have come onto this stage and been for or against I guess members of my faith, i celebrate their right to say those things,” Beck said. “But let me say this: I am a proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ.”
Beck left off the “of Latter-Day Saints” part.
“Jesus Christ is my lord and savor and he redeemed me, fully and completely,” Beck went on. “He is the only reason I am able to stand here today.”
