Tough question coming for McCain or another pass?

According to John McCain backer, nutty televangelist John Hagee, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina because “there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came.”

That's one of the many bizarre and offensive statements by a man whose endorsement was vigorously sought and proudly accepted by Senator McCain.

McCain is scheduled to visit New Orleans on Thursday.

Think Progress asks:

Will reporters ask whether he agrees with Hagee belief that the devastated city was cursed because of a gay pride parade? We’ll be watching.

And in case you think this was a one-time, out-of-context statement by a key figure of the religious right, this is a repeat offense on this claim by Hagee.

He was asked in 2006 by NPR's Terry Gross:

"You said after Hurricane Katrina that it was an act of God, and you said 'when you violate God's will long enough, the judgment of God comes to you. Katrina is an act of God for a society that is becoming Sodom and Gomorrah reborn.' " She then asked, "Do you still think that Katrina is punishment from God for a society that's becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah?"

To which he replied:

All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are -- were recipients of the judgment of God for that.

He was asked about it Tuesday on conservative radio's The Dennis Prager Show. Prager repeated the statement and Hagee replied:

HAGEE: Yes. The topic of that day was cursing and blessing. Moses taught in the book of Deuteronomy that everything in life is either a blessing or a curse. There are days that things happen that at the time look like a curse. In the passing of time, they may become what appears to be a blessing. An illustration is Joseph, when he was sold into slavery it looked like a curse, it looked like the worse day of his life. When his brothers came into Egypt looking for food, what looked like a bad day 13 years before turned out to be a blessed day. What happened in New Orleans looked like the curse of God, in time if New Orleans recovers and becomes the pristine city it can become it may in time be called a blessing. But at this time it's called a curse.

Now how is this guy any better than Rev. Wright and why does Saint McCain get a pass from the media for eagerly seeking him out for support?