Says here that Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of the mega Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas, is on the guest list for a New York roundup of religious righters with Donald Trump and Ben Carson.

Maybe he can get Trump to do something about Fayetteville Planning Commission’s objection to a new Cross Church campus at Wedington and I-49.

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The Trump prayer meeting is June 21, organized by United in Purpose and My Faith Votes. News releases emphasize that this is not for purposes of a political endorsement. Because, after all, this could jeopardize the tax-free status of the megachurches represented. But — wink, wink — past experience tells us Floyd knows how to get the message across.

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