A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Pelosi: Workin’ For “The Word” (Not “The Man”)

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) seems to enjoy putting her foot directly into her mouth when the topic of "religion and politics" comes up.  Video footage was just released this past weekend of a May 6th speech Madame Speaker gave to the Catholic Community Conference in Washington D.C. in which she said the public policies she supports in congress are "in keeping with the values" of Jesus Christ.  Pelosi, a pro-choice Catholic herself, ran into hot water back in 2008 for claiming that the Catholic Church does not condemn abortion.

Here she is in action earlier last month:

No one knows a person's heart but the Almighty, but there is an ease with which serious Christians, Jews, or Muslims speak about their faith in the public square.  The more we know and believe something, the easier it is to communicate what that something means to us (and could mean to others, should they choose to believe it).

Nowhere in her ramblings does Nancy Pelosi come close to a coherent thought on Christianity.  It is one out-of-context theological reference and random, non-sequitur allusion to something vaguely familiar to Catholicism after another.  This sounds like the type of response a 9 year old would give in Sunday School when she doesn't really understand (or practice) her faith.

I don't hate Madame Speaker Pelosi.  It saddens me that someone who claims to believe the same things I do about God is so wrong about the most important issues in our society today.  But it is worth noting that should it have been Governor Sarah Palin who said anything remotely akin to the comments Ms. Pelosi made to the Catholic Community Conference in the video above...all hell would have broken loose from the mainstream media.

Sarah Palin gets booed and harassed because what little she has said about her faith is spot-on and true to Christian teaching.  Nancy Pelosi spouts incoherent drivel about her faith and no one raises an eyelash.