Comments on: Palin's Record On Church-State Separation

Alaska Governor Used Taxpayer Money To Promote Religious Causes, AP Reveals

[ericdrexil]

Does CBS have an address that we can look up to find an Obama mistake? Is there anything in CBS''s charter which forbids speaking any evil of Obama? He certainly may be a fine man. Character may be his middle name. Is it possible for a man to never stumble? Is it possible that CBS can be sooo in the tank for any politico? Does CBS have ANY shame?

[stopsocialis]

While many may squabble over who among the founding fathers was a Christian, no knowledgeable historian of early American history can deny the fact that the concept of a Creator God who endowed His creation with "unalienable rights" was an essential underpinning of the American experiment. Indeed, the Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." These rights were derived not from a government that was transitory, but from a Governor who was eternal. It was the role of government to defend these rights and not dilute or remove them.

The revisionists extend their influence outside the classroom as well into nearly every segment of American life. Descriptions and tours of the nation''s capitol fail to point out that the Ten Commandments are inscribed in the marble of the United States Supreme Court, that there is a beautiful stained glass window in the U.S. Capitol depicting President George Washington kneeling in prayer, and that at the top of the Washington Monument - the highest point in the nation''s capital is embedded a plaque which boldly proclaims in Latin, "Praise Be Unto God."

[stopsocialis]

Our children''s history books are being rewritten so they no longer hear the truth about the tremendous influence of religious faith on America''s founding fathers, on the great documents they drafted to establish a true republic based, on the critical tripod of liberty, life, and family. The revisionist history being taught now is devoid of any reference to the Christian faith of our Founding Fathers as the old stories, the old way that American history was taught, was revised to reflect a more liberal, politically correct, homogenized and multicultural perspective.

Words like duty and honor and country have fallen out of vogue, and the stories of the Christian faith of men like George Washington and Patrick Henry and Noah Webster and so many others, Daniel Webster, Andy Jackson, Chief Justice John Marshall - magnificent Christians - these stories are simply left out.

[stopsocialis]

"The liberties we talk about defending today were established by men who took their conceptions of man from the great central religious tradition of Western civilization [Christianity], and the liberties we inherit can almost certainly not survive the abandonment of that tradition. The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and good faith, the treatment of human beings as things, as mere instruments of power and ambition, is without a doubt the consequence of the decay of the belief in man as someone more than an animal animated by highly conditioned reflexes and chemical reactions. For unless man is something more than that, he has no rights that anyone is bound to respect, and there are no limitations upon his conduct which he is bound to obey. This is the forgotten foundation of democracy." [James Reston, "Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still?" The New York Times, April 2, 1969]

[mswolfestock]

Hey, y''all - you don''t even have to leave the US if you want to live in a theocracy, run by a religious cult -

MY HECK, BY GOSH, BY GOLLY GEE-WHIZ -- IT''S CALLED UTAH!!

If ya''ll want to be surrounded by religious fanatics just as crazy and ignorant as Sara Palin, go ahead and try to live with the Mormons.

[stopsocialis]

The Educational Establishment:

One reason we have lost so many of our religious freedoms is that the liberal educational establishment has worked hard to eliminate our knowledge of the Judeo-Christian heritage of America. The facts nonetheless reveal the true convictions of our founders. Without question, they believed that although no one Christian denomination should dominate the nation, the principles of the Bible and Christianity should underlie our government and American education as well.

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Henry

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Jay

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[stopsocialis]

The concept of separation of church and state might be implied by the First Amendment which states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...." It says nothing about the "separation of church and state." And, even if you accept the principle of the separation of church and state being implied by the First Amendment, it''s implication is not there to protect Americans from religion, it is there to protect religious Americans from the government.

In their desire to promote their secular humanist philosophy using the power of government, many liberals today want to alter America''s Christian heritage, remove religion from its history, and replace it with the Soviet doctrine of the separation of Church and State. Their desire is not to safeguard denominational neutrality by the state as the Founders intended, it is to eradicate every vestige of religion from our public institutions.

[miles1967-2009]

Hey all of you right-wing lemmings who are posting here. CBS has run many stories on Obama that are not positive. Give us a break with you whining about the supposed "liberal media".

[brounds]

One needs only to check out the McCain spokesperson''s response to the evangelical minster who opened today''s McCain rally in Davenport, Iowa. (He prayed, by the way, that God''s reputation would not be tarnished--I''m paraphrasing--by all of the prayers around the world by non-Christians for Obama!). Here is the response from the McCain campaign: %u201CWhile we understand the important role that faith plays in informing the votes of Iowans, questions about the religious background of the candidates only serve to distract...." The question left for the voter is: what religion is Obama really?? Does it honestly matter? Is this country no longer one which believes in the freedom of religion, whether Jewish, Hindi, Buddhist, Muslim or whatever religion one practices? The McCain camp can''t have it both ways. The McCain campaign wants it both ways: to attack Senator Obama''s affiliation with Reverend Wright''s church, while simultaneously suggesting he is Muslim; i.e. their sad attempt to connect the Islamic religion with terrorism. What is happening to our country? Swiftboating was terrible, these rallies are dangerous.

[stopsocialis]

The last three generations of Americans simply have not been told the truth about American history as its Christian heritage has been disparaged.

For example, ask most Americans if the "separation of church and state" is in our Constitution, and they will answer yes. You can scour the Constitution of the United States, and you will NOT find the phrase, "separation of church and state" or anything close to it.

In the Constitution of the Soviet Union, however, the doctrine of the separation of Church and State is found: "In order to ensure to citizens freedom of conscience, the church in the U.S.S.R. is separated from the State, and the school from the church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of antireligious propaganda is recognized for all citizens" (Article 124). Article Twelve of the 1918 Soviet Constitution decrees that no church or religious organization "shall enjoy the rights of judicial person." Instruction of children under age 18 in religious matters, whether in public or private, is against the law.


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[miles1967-2009]

This is an outrage!! Why is FoxNews not running this story???

For the REAL Sarah Palin, check out this link:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23318320/mad_dog_palin

[hbevis]

ALL OF THIS MEDIA THAT IS WORKING SO VERY HARD TO DISCREDIT GOV. PALIN HAS NOT WORKED YET. BUT THEY WILL KEEP TRYING TO GET US A MUSLIM ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

[ericdrexil]

Does Obama ever do anything worthy of criticism? If so ,when will CBS publish? If not: why don''t we fall down before him?

[dragon8me]

If you like Palin maybe you should live in a Theocracy. Try Iran, I hear nobody there complains about seperation of church and state.

[ericdrexil]

Can''t CBS sort of.....PRETEND to be unbiased? Do the major networks get together and form a plan on how to bow to Obama? Is this just the result of a modern college education in journalism? Be happy. You guys are keeping us safe from evil. Your god will triumph! Good luck with the virgin sacrifice thing. At your place ,it should be easier to find a conservative.

[ioweign]

Another example of the far left media trying to tear Palin down. Don''t think it is working.

Posted by robert2237 at 09:35 PM : Oct 11, 2008

Another example of the far right politicians misusing taxpayers money to promote a religion...

[spadeisspade]

Robert, I do agree that they are trying much harder to dig up dirt on her than pretty much anyone else in the campaign, but that''s namely because she is an unknown. That''s besides the point. This information is fact, and it''s a very VERY disturbing fact. Pentacostals run those mega-churches that make millions of dollars a year, essentially qualifying it as a business in my opinion when you look at the lifestyles these "preachers" are living, tax free! And to top it off, there is a politician using tax dollars to promote her religious agenda at the pulpit of a freaking church! Yeah, the preacher isn''t doing it, why bother, when you have a politician doing it for you!

[spadeisspade]

Ok, forget that she used taxpayer money for religious ***. SHE''S A PENTACOSTAL???? Does anyone outside of the bible buckle even know what that is? This is the group that speaks in tongues, supposedly God speaking through them. There''s this insane documentary about a children''s Bible camp run by these people that will chill your effing spine.

[robert2237]

Another example of the far left media trying to tear Palin down. Don''t think it is working.