This just gets more and more intriguing.. There seems to be some confusion over whether she's Assemblies of God, a member of an "independent Bible church", or.. hm
a Lutheran? Wow, that runs the gamut.
Assemblies of God is really hard core fundamentalist-- they believe in healing, the laying on of hands, speaking in tongues... I went to a revival once with an officemate who had been praying for my soul for a couple of years. It was an experience. I was not saved, though.
John Ashcroft was Assemblies of God.
And here is an excerpt from a Nov. 5, 2006 Anchorage Daily News article (via LEXIS):
A significant part of Palin's base of support lies among social and Christian conservatives. Her positions on social issues emerged slowly during the campaign: on abortion (should be banned for anything other than saving the life of the mother), stem cell research (opposed), physician-assisted suicide (opposed), creationism (should be discussed in schools), state health benefits for same-sex partners (opposed, and supports a constitutional amendment to bar them).
Palin and her staff complained that efforts to raise these issues in public were divisive and hypothetical. The normally unflappable candidate seemed put-upon when she faced a string of such questions in the last debate, on public television and radio Thursday night.... |
