Can I take back taking back my previous rather mean snipe at Katherine Harris? From "Florida Baptist Witness" via "raw story" via the indispensable Huffpost: this interview.
[quote begins from Katherine Harris interview in The Florida Baptist Witness]
The Bible says we are to be salt and light. And salt and light means not just in the church and not just as a teacher or as a pastor or a banker or a lawyer, but in government and we have to have elected officials in government and we have to have the faithful in government and over time, that lie we have been told, the separation of church and state, people have internalized, thinking that they needed to avoid politics and that is so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers. And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women and if people aren’t involved in helping godly men in getting elected than we’re going to have a nation of secular laws. That’s not what our founding fathers intended and that’s certainly isn’t what God intended. So it’s really important that members of the church know people’s stands.
[quote from article ends (emphasis mine)]
Who in the what now? Don't senators undertake to uphold the Constitution? What is KH on about here?
I certainly don't know. If you can parse through all that, you've got more patience than I have. I have no idea what she is saying, unless it's "more Christians should run for office; and all Christians should vote for me." Once the italicized quote gets around, she'll be telling everyone that she was quoted out of context, and she'll be right about that.
Here's another quote from the same article: "The other candidates have no records and while they have certain stands there is no evidence that they are going to be able to stand as I have proven."
Somehow, her way of talking sounds familiar. She reminds me of someone---another Republican, it seems to me----but I just can't think who. Man, it's right on the tip of my tongue... Who is it? Who?
The interviewer asked her a lot of really cool, really probing questions. Such as: "Some day all of us have to give an accounting before God for what we have done. Are you certain in your own heart that when you come to that point of accounting that you'll spend eternity with God in Heaven?" Harris's response: "No question." [God: "Um, I'll be the judge of that."]
When asked how her faith "impact[s] the way she views her responsibilities as a public official," she said, "They animate." Which in the who now?
Maybe it's true that I'm harder on Republican women than on Republican men. Maybe I just expect more from women; I don't know. Note that I haven't said anything unkind about K. Harris here. Sometimes it's better just to let people speak for themselves.
Interestingly, it seems that some self-styled religious people are losing faith in the GOP. According to the poll cited in this article, "The number of people who consider the Republican Party friendly to religion has dipped below half in the last year, with declines among white evangelicals and white Catholics."
DEMOCRATS? It's time to start ACTIVELY REACHING OUT.
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