Time: Why Rick Perry’s New Ads Are Wrong on Religion–And Obama

Time ^ | December 9, 2011 | Amy Sullivan

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....“I’m not ashamed to talk about my faith,” he says in the first spot. “Some liberals say that faith is a sign of weakness. Well, they’re wrong.” In the second ad, titled “Strong,” Perry bravely comes out as a follower of Christ. “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian,” he says, before vowing that “as President, I’ll end Obama’s war on religion.”

......But most flagrant is Perry’s reference to “Obama’s war on religion” without evidence or explanation. He leaves the strong impression that it is Obama’s administration–instead of Supreme Court decisions from the 1960s–that took school-sanctioned prayer and Bible-reading out of public schools. It is telling that Perry can assume his intended audience in Iowa living rooms will need no elaboration or convincing that there is indeed a war on religion.

Social conservatives have had a hard time providing substance for that charge, however, because many of their most dire predictions about a Democratic presidency simply haven’t come true. Obama hasn’t taken away their guns, he hasn’t started a race war, and–despite mailings distributed by the RNC in the 2004 campaign–godless “liberals” have not banned the Bible....

..It would easy to dismiss Perry’s message as just a typical appeal to social conservatives or the desperate strategy of a candidate who may have slipped out of contention. But this is new. The casualness with which Perry tosses off the charge about “Obama’s war on religion” is at odds with how corrosive the accusation really is. It encourages citizens to turn against one another in a way that conservatives would denounce as class warfare if the subject were economics. That leaves conservatives with a choice: they can denounce Perry’s ads, or explain why they tolerate such divisiveness when the subject is people’s faith.

[CatherineofAragon]

Last night, O’Reilly said that Perry is using his Christianity to get votes. Bill just doesn’t get it (again).

[Quicksilver]

Perry Responds to Controversy Over Religion Ad

[txrangerette]

When Bill stops claiming the war against the war on Christmas as his own, for ratings, I actually might listen...

(Actually, he lost me long ago...)

[SaraJohnson]

It’s true. The Left hates Christians and so do Muslims. Leftists and Muslims have a long history and current reality of oppressing, murdering and torturing Christians. In the White House, we have both.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the link!

[altura]

Time. Didn’t that used to be a magazine?

[altura]

I told my doctor yesterday that we are now ‘units’ in the eyes of the government.

He said, that sounds like science fiction.

Obama is completely evil. This whole fast and furious thing should cause his impeachment. There’s nothing he’d like better than to take our guns away and take over the country.

Am I paranoid? Or is somebody after me?

[altura]

If you can offend both Time and Bill O’Reilly, you’re doin’ good.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the video link.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the video link.

[ravenwolf]

Actually, if he wanted to be more precise and hit the nail squarely on the head,

0bama isn’t conducting a war on “religion” or on “faith”.
He is simply carrying out the leftists’ war on _Biblical_ Christianity.

It’s always been about “has God really said”. (Gen 3)

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You are right, he is merely taking over where the last leftist left off.

[World'sGoneInsane]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7756/pub_detail.asp

[World'sGoneInsane]

I searched Texas for Public Justice. It is clearly and Dem/Soros backed smear group. They tried to present themselves as a watchdog group. They are a machine at work.

Pretty soon they'll have Cindy Sheehan sitting on Perry's front lawn. /sarc.

[World'sGoneInsane]

Thanks for posting the interview.

[Quicksilver]

My pleasure. :) I first saw it in The Perry Almanac:

The Perry Almanac is a regular email that helps you stay on top of the latest goings on, in and around Team Perry.

http://www.facebook.com/PerryAlmanac?sk=wall

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"All of these decisions were made in the last six months. If this isn't a steady drumbeat against religious liberty, I don't know what it is. Good on Gov. Perry for recognizing the urgency of fighting back before it's too late...

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