tweeted last week. “He aspires to the highest office in our land & must be guided by the truth God has revealed to us. I pray for him to find Truth.”In a follow-up tweet, sent as part of Strickland’s “40 Days Devotion” series of tweets, he wrote: “[Pray] for all Catholic elected officials, too many dissent from basic teachings of the Catholic faith they claim to hold.
In this world they may hold high office but for God they are His children & in peril. Pray for their true conversion.”Strickland has a history of staunchly opposing equality.
Just last month, he slammed Pope Francis for expressing support for civil unions, calling Francis’ comments “confusing and very dangerous,” and branding the Catholic Church “weak.”Related: Vatican claims.