As Governor, Palin Blurred Lines Between Church And State
An AP study of Palin’s record shows she used her office to promote religous causes at taxpayer expense. Since 2006 when she became governor, $13,000 of taxpayer money has been spent attending religous events.
This photo from the Web site of The Office of the Governor of Alaska, shows, from left, Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, Gov. Sarah Palin, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, being prayed over by Pastor Ed Kalnins and a congregation made up of nearly 20 different churches and denominations at One Lord Sunday in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska on June 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Web site of The Office of the Governor of Alaska)
Plain claims her personal opinions “don’t bleed over into policies. However:
An AP review of her time as mayor, from late 1996 to 2002, also reveals a commingling of church and state.
Records of her mayoral correspondence show that Palin worked arduously to organize a day of prayer at city hall. She said that with local ministers’ help, Wasilla – a city of 7,000 an hour’s drive north of Anchorage – could become “a light, or a refuge for others in Alaska and America.”
“What a blessing that the Lord has already put into place the Christian leaders, even though I know it’s all through the grace of God,” she wrote in March 2000 to her former pastor. She thanked him for the loan of a video featuring a Kenyan preacher who later would pray for her protection from witchcraft as she sought higher office.
That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.
In that same period, she also joined a grass-roots, faith-based movement to stop the local hospital from performing abortions, a fight that ultimately lost before the Alaska Supreme Court.
Palin’s former church and other evangelical denominations were instrumental in ousting members of Valley Hospital’s board who supported abortion rights – including the governor’s mother-in-law, Faye Palin.
I suppose this proves that while blood may be thicker than water, this isn’t so if it happens to be holy water.
The problem is there are people in this country who think this is perfectly okay…as long as it’s their religion being promoted.
If it was an Islamic church, or say…Scientologists…the wingnuts would be gathering pitchforks & torches.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Duh, Sarah not too bright.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Obama, Wooten and Michael Jackson:
Sex ed, tazer and sex in the shower at age ten
October 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
It’s basically impossible for me to think about Palin without thinking about Tina Fey.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Alan,
Have you noticed that 99% of McCain/Palin supporters are eaten up with fear driven anger and self-hatred?
Also, have you noticed that Obama/Biden supporters are filled with hope and love for and belief in a good future for the USA?
Do you have some ideas on this subject?
libpatriot
October 11th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
HEY SARAH, U STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT A VP DOES?
sorry sarah, but im going to have to get back to ya on that!
LOL
hahahhaha
October 11th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Cheryl -
I try desperately not to even think about her!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Sean, can we see the mayoral records that show she arduously worked for this? Where is this in print, besides possibly just stating that she thought it would be good for Wasilla?
things can be taken out of context and I like to read the true facts.
Thanks.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I really enjoy Tina Fey’s portrayal of Palin. In the anti-sexism skit of Clinton and Palin, Clinton says that global warming is man made, and Palin says it’s just God hugging us closer. LOL
Alan said~
“That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.”
Yeah, like during the debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” gays. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:07 am
I really enjoy Tina Fey’s portrayal of Palin. In the anti-sexism skit of Clinton and Palin, Clinton says that global warming is man made, and Palin says it’s just God hugging us closer. LOL
October 12th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Alan said~
“That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.”
Yeah, like during the debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” gays. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Alan said
“That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.”
Yeah, like during the debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” gays. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:08 am
That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.
Yeah, like during the VP debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” gays. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:09 am
That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.
Yeah, like during the VP debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” homosexuals. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I’m trying to post a comment and the blog won’t take it. This is really annoying. There aren’t any links or urls or profanities, so I don’t know what the hell is going on.
That sounds as though she does want to implement her religious beliefs in terms of who our leaders are. And her religious beliefs have informed other decisions.
Yeah, like during the VP debate when she assured Americans that she “tolerates” gays. How nice it is to be tolerated, isn’t it?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I’m trying to post a comment and the blog won’t take it. This is really annoying. There aren’t any links or urls or profanities, so I don’t know what the hell is going on. The comment is in reference to Palin’s statement at the VP debate that she “tolerates” gays.
October 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Still waiting to see those records, emails or whatever that she she worked arduously to get this together…
October 13th, 2008 at 2:29 am