And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.

1988 presidential bid

In September 1986 Robertson announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Robertson commented that “In Europe the big word is tolerance. According to a June 2 1999 article in The Virginian-Pilot Robertson had extensive business dealings with Liberian president Charles Taylor.

He is a best selling author and the host of The 700 Club a Christian News and TV program broadcast live weekdays on the ABC Family Channel via satellite from CBN studios as well as on channels throughout the United States and on CBN network affiliates worldwide. Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930) is an American media mogul executive chairman and a former Southern Baptist minister who generally supports conservative Christian ideals. Willis Robertson Robertson is a Southern Baptist and was active as an ordained minister with that denomination for many years but holds to a charismatic theology not traditionally common among Southern Baptists.