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Is This What Palin Means Re: People In Government Should “Proclaim Their Reliance On Our Creator”?


As some readers may recall, Sarah Palin had this exchange during a question and answer portion of a tea party event in Nashville last month:

QUESTION: When we are successful and we have a conservative House and a conservative Senate, as soon as that happens, what do you think are the top three things that have got to be done?

PALIN:…And then, I think, it is kind of tougher to — kind of tougher to put our arms around, but allowing America’s spirit to rise again by not being afraid — not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as a God-fearing nation where we are not afraid to say, especially in times of potential trouble in the future here, we are not afraid to say, you know, we don’t have all the answers as fallible men and women.

So it would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again. To have people involved in government who aren’t afraid to go that route, not so afraid of the political correctness that, you know, they have to be afraid of what the media would say about them if they were to proclaim their reliance on our creator.

I’ve just read the Plain Dealer article, “Fired state workers accuse their boss of religious harassment,” that describes exactly the kind of scenario I believe Palin’s rhetoric encourages.  The possibility of interference of religion in state affairs is not far-fetched.  It is something that’s always bothered me and even more so as offices of faith-based and community initiatives have come to direct more and more taxpayer funds to religious institutions and good works.

In this context, to me, Palin’s exhortation to seek “…some divine intervention again in this country so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again. To have people involved in government who aren’t afraid to go that route…” reflects an abject failure to understand and accept the constitutional cornerstone of separation of church and state.

Then again, maybe I’m all wrong and in fact she’d like to see the daily fulfillment of 613 mitzvot written into the constitution and government employee contracts.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:14 pm March 4th, 2010 in Ethics, Government, Law, Ohio, Politics, Religion, Social Issues, intolerance 

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3 Responses to “Is This What Palin Means Re: People In Government Should “Proclaim Their Reliance On Our Creator”?”

  1. 1 John Hummel on March 4th, 2010 4:30 pm

    Based on her back and forth with Levi, I don’t think she’d be able to follow Rule 32 rather well….

  2. 2 Chuck Butcher on March 7th, 2010 4:09 am

    I don’t know Jill, you seem perpetually surprised when the American Taliban gets up to its tricks. Their version (flavor of the week) of Christianity is the correct course and you’d know that if you weren’t so deluded. Everybody knows what the outcomes are; they’re either too polite or too freaked out to state it clearly.

    Theocracy is the name of the game and since you’re going straight to hell your opinion doesn’t matter.

  3. 3 Teresa James on March 15th, 2010 2:16 am

    When tyranny comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross…
    or words to that effect…

    Sinclair Lewis

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