{"id":389,"date":"2008-10-21T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/sarah-palins-cbn-interview-mai.html"},"modified":"2008-10-21T17:37:02","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T17:37:02","slug":"sarah-palins-cbn-interview-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/sarah-palins-cbn-interview-mai.html","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin’s CBN Interview — Mainstream Faith, Christian Persecution & more"},"content":{"rendered":"

In talking about her faith, Palin does not sound like some intolerant religious crazy. She sounds quite mainstream. She asks God to bless America but also other countries.I’m disappointed that, when David Brody asked her to talk about her Pentecostal faith — to clear up misconceptions — she ducked that part of the question entirely. She’s skillful in turning unspecified attacks on her faith to her advantage — playing the Christian persecution card, as it were. “Nobody is going to convince me that my foundation of faith is not good for me and for my family — no matter the mocking, no matter what anybody says about it, I’m going to keep plugging away.”Finally, she expresses wonder how anyone who’s not a believer can run for president: “I don’t know how anybody would want to do this if they didn’t have real strong faith in God, that he’s got it all under control.” <\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object>She differs from John McCain in that she supports an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage:<\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In talking about her faith, Palin does not sound like some intolerant religious crazy. She sounds quite mainstream. 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