Rand Paul's College Society Mocked Christianity

Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul appears with his father, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, during a campaign event on Oct. 2, 2010.

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Rand Paul is facing more potentially damaging allegations regarding his involvement in a collegiate "secret society" at Baylor University, according to Politico, which is reporting that Paul's NoZe Brotherhood published a newsletter with a "specifically anti-Christian tone."

The Kentucky Republican came under fire over the summer when GQ published an account of his involvement in the brotherhood, which allegedly involved "kidnapping" a classmate and forcing her to worship the god "Aqua Buddha."

But the brotherhood appears to have had an anti-Christian bent as well: NoZe was banned from Baylor two years before Paul's arrival due to "sacrilege," Politico reports. At the time, the university president told a student newspaper that the group "had 'made fun of not only the Baptist religion, but Christianity and Christ.'"

William John Green, a NoZe brother of Paul, told Politico he couldn't remember to what extent the Kentucky Republican contributed to the Christian-mocking efforts. He said of Paul: "Randy smoked pot, he made fun of Baptists," and "none of us ever heard him pontificating about religion."

"Fundamentalists didn't join our group," Green added.

Green said that the NoZe Brotherhood's newsletter - entitled "The Rope" - had a "strong subversive anti-Christian strain."

Indeed, Politico points to several instances of Christian-themed mockery within the publication, in the form of articles such as "Fishy Bibles," "I was a teenage savior," and "Rapture!!! Still Here?"

A spokesperson for Paul discounted the allegations as "thirty-year-old college articles that aren't even attributed to Rand," according to Politico.

"[Democrats] must know how badly Jack Conway's liberal agenda of Obamacare, Government bailouts and tax hikes are playing in Kentucky and are getting truly desperate," the spokesman, Jesse Benton, said.

Polls suggest that Paul, a practicing Christian and the son of Texas Rep. Rand Paul, currently holds a slight edge in the race against Democrat Jack Conway.

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Lucy Madison is a political reporter for CBSNews.com. You can read more of her posts here. Follow Hotsheet on Facebook and Twitter.

[stacks88]

I'm astounded at the amount of hit pieces crafted by mainstream media to attack Rand Paul. The establishment hacks are coming out of the woodwork to make sure he never makes it to the Senate (another Paul in Congress? Oh noes!). Way to report on completely insignificant events designed to hurt Rand Lucy! Bravo! I'm sure you'll move up the ranks at CBS News quickly!

[pasha128]

Is the involvement of Rand Paul in an anti-christian secret society -- Republican code words for a secret Muslim hiding in the Republican ranks?

[noloyalisti]

I really hope the poor people of Kentucky wake up to this scamming, fake Christian, libertarian Tea Bag freak. This is a guy who wants to take away your social security, ban public schools and give all the rest of our money to the rich.

[Blonduxo]

NoZe was banned from Baylor two years before Paul's arrival so why is this an issue? How about looking into Obama's activities while he supposedly was in college? Check out his trip to Afganistan when it was closed to American tourists...why not dig into that a little and uncover his passport???

Conway must really be down if you are stooping this low. Pathetic.

[retm-w]

USA_is_back

Funny that conway can't run on what he's going to do, and what he's done. He has to try and dig up mud from 30 years ago. Wonder what could be dug up on conway 30 years ago

[promontorium]

Lucy, you know you are perpetuating a lie with the "kidnapping", and putting it in quotes won't change that.

How "secret" can a society be that is publishing articles? And really, how stupid can a smear job get, the Democratic Party supported slavery, committed terrorist acts during Reconstruction, and opposed the Civil Rights Act. Current Democratics in office are and have been pro-segregation. Does that sound like valid criticism? Name me one president in the last 30 years that didn't belong to a "secret" society.

You've completely run out of scandals. Absolutely pathetic biased ignorant and dishonest politics CBS if you have any honor you'll fire this hack liar.

[retm-w]

Secret society like the masons and knights of columbus.

[whosaid1]

Amazing the "we" are so worried about "some" organization that Paul belonged to in college.....but "we" weren't worried at all about...electing a man as President....when NOTHING was known about his college activities.