{"id":342,"date":"2011-01-19T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/civility-sarah-palin-congress-alabama-governor-confuse-christians.html"},"modified":"2011-01-19T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T10:07:00","slug":"civility-sarah-palin-congress-alabama-governor-confuse-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/civility-sarah-palin-congress-alabama-governor-confuse-christians.html","title":{"rendered":"Civility, Schmivility? Ala. Governor &amp; Congress Confuse Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember how after<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/23\/fashion\/23irony.html\"> 9\/11, there was talk about the death of irony<\/a>? Looks like the post-Tucson call for political civility has had an even shorter run, with&nbsp;a &#8212; can we call it&nbsp;ironic? &#8212; Christian twist: In addition to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/01\/12\/jews-troubled-by-palins-u_n_808242.html\">Sarah Palin &#8220;blood libel&#8221; blow-up<\/a> and the usual Westboro Baptist &#8220;Church&#8221; nonsense that I refuse to cover,&nbsp;the acrimony ranges from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2011\/01\/anti-defamation_league_critici.html\">new Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley&#8217;s comments about non-Christians <\/a>to&nbsp;the Republican effort to repeal the so-called &#8220;job-killing&#8221; health care reform legislation, along with stalling over appointing President Obama&#8217;s choice of the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook to an international religious freedom ambassadorship.<\/p>\n<p>Some links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2011\/01\/18\/new-alabama-governor-says-non-christians-not-my-brother-not-my\/\">New Alabama Governor Says Non-Christians &#8216;Not My Brother, Not My Sister&#8217; <\/a>(Politics Daily<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20110119\/ap_on_re_us\/us_alabama_governor_christians\">New Ala. gov: Just Christians are his family <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2011\/01\/whats_in_a_name.html\">What&#8217;s in a name? <\/a>(Faith in Public Life)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/archives\/2011\/01\/20\/can-the-religious-left-protect\">Can the religious left save Obamacare?<\/a> (The American Spectator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2011\/01\/who_fights_for.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+christianitytoday\/ctpolitics+(Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog)\">Who fights for religious freedom? Obama&#8217;s ambassador position still vacant <\/a>(Christianity Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/15religion.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">An almost ambassador encounters a congressional dead end&nbsp;<\/a>(New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ah well. More material for Obama&#8217;s State of the Union address next week?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember how after 9\/11, there was talk about the death of irony? 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