Baptist Leader Calls for Clinton to Quit

Paige Patterson, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention, said President Clinton should resign from office “before he is instrumental in corrupting all our young people.” Saying Clinton is no different from other people in seeking forgiveness, Patterson said the president should resign “for the sake of the country” and seek forgiveness for his personal transgressions. Speaking after a guest sermon at First Baptist Church in Linden, N.C., Patterson said he is concerned about Americans’ support of Clinton so long as the economy is good. “This bespeaks a certain enthrallment with materialism, which is exactly what caused the demise of Rome, to say nothing of 21 other great civilizations. And it will kill us too,” he warned.