Kinda makes you wonder if "god" chose Bush then..... On 8/26/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is Katherine Harris of the hanging chad fame really for real? Apparently she > also thinks that the voters don't need to go to the polls, or the > Constitution. Gee as soon as I can I'm going out and voting for the sin slate. > > I read the following in this morning's Washington Post: > > http://www.antiwrap.com/?1055 > > Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State > > By Jim Stratton > Orlando Sentinel > Saturday, August 26, 2006; A09 > > ORLANDO, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God > did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and > that the separation of church and state is a "lie we have been told" to keep > religious people out of politics. > > "If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to > legislate sin," Harris told interviewers from the Florida Baptist Witness, > the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist State Convention. She cited > abortion and same-sex marriage as examples of that sin. > > Harris, a candidate in the Sept. 5 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, said > her religious beliefs "animate" everything she does, including her votes in > Congress. > > Witness editors interviewed candidates for office, asking them to describe > their faith and their positions on certain issues. > > Harris has always professed a deep Christian faith. But she has rarely > expressed such a fervent evangelical perspective publicly. > > Political and religious officials responded to her published remarks with > outrage and dismay. > > Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she was "disgusted" by the > comments "and deeply disappointed in Representative Harris personally." > > Harris, Wasserman Schultz said, "clearly shows that she does not deserve to > be a representative." > > Ruby Brooks, a veteran Tampa Bay Republican activist, said Harris's remarks > "were offensive to me as a Christian and a Republican." > > "This notion that you've been chosen or anointed, it's offensive," Brooks > said. "We hurt our cause with that more than we help it." > > Harris told the journalists "we have to have the faithful in government" > because that is God's will. Separating religion and politics is "so wrong > because God is the one who chooses our rulers," she said. > > "And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and > women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what > our Founding Fathers intended, and that certainly isn't what God intended." > > Harris campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Marks would not answer questions about > the Harris interview. Instead, she released a two-sentence statement. > > "Congresswoman Harris encourages Americans from all walks of life and faith > to participate in our government," it stated. "She continues to be an > unwavering advocate of religious rights and freedoms." > (c) 2006 The Washington Post Company > >
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