Posted on 09/07/2008 9:44:53 PM PDT by goldstategop
Palin considers herself a born-again conservative Christian. She supports teaching creationism in public schools, outlawing nearly all abortions (even in cases of rape or incest) and prohibiting same-sex marriage.
But she has yet to advance legislation that insists that creationism, or "intelligent design," be taught in public school science classes whenever biological evolution is taught -- as urged by a plank in the official Alaska Republican Party platform.
Nor has she tried so far to eliminate standard sex-education classes in public schools in favor of the abstinence-only programs she prefers.
That Palin hasn't yet pushed a religious conservative agenda isn't surprising, said state Rep. Beth Kerttula, a Juneau Democrat and House Minority Leader.
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“She doesn’t need to. “
Exactly.
Anybody catch the CNN “Breaking News” about Palin’s churches? And Blitzhead virtually creating an equal footing between Obama’s fascist church and Palin’s evangelical churches she has attended? Before blowing a gasket I turned the channel.
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