It may come as a real shock to you and the rest of the angry, liberal women that there are Christian women who actually know who G-d is, have faith in G-d, and go to G-d in prayer---everyday, every hour, whenever needed. What is even more amazing, contrary to Andrea Mitchell's proclamation, some of us are educated with graduate degrees who are ACTIVELY volunteering not only for Sarah Palin but the GOP. The best thing you and your ilk have done for the Republicans in your audacity of arrogance and ignorance is MOTIVATE us. Oh, and guess what? Some of us even have our own Phi Beta Kappa keys!
I was raised a Southern Baptist. I would still be a Southern Baptist had I not made the decision to join the Presbyterian Church when I married for the sake of raising a family in a unified faith. The protracted argument you make about women of faith not being allowed to serve as pastors in some denominations is the beauty of FREE CHOICE. Each denomination can determine its rules about how it chooses to operate and structure its congregations. If Anne Graham Lotz was angry and bitterly clinging to her notion about not being a pastor, she has the free will, the free choice to join a denomination that gives her that opportunity. My advice to you: "Judge not lest ye be judged."
Perhaps a tactic for you is to read the books of Galatians, 1 Timothy, and Titus in the New Testament of the Bible. (For those not familiar with the location of the New Testament in the Bible, it is towards the end of the Bible. Of course, there is always the table of contents for assistance in locating these in the Bible.) Instead of protracting only one scripture and drawing conclusions, perhaps reading the scriptures in the entire context of the message would bring you more clarity. In these particular books of the New Testament, you will understand that in a marriage, neither partner should attempt to outshine their spouse as marriage is a mutual relationship of respect, honor, and love.
Your criticism of Sarah Palin's professional and personal decisions about working and family is presumptuously biased. I don't believe you have criticized Soledad O'Brien for working with 4 children under the age of 9, Nancy Pelosi for working with her gang of kids, Campbell Brown for working with such a young toddler, Judy Woodruff for working with a special needs child, and the list goes on and on.
Liberalism in your ideology is exclusionary. No one who deviates from what you have determined to be truth can be tolerated. Ms. Quinn, that is not liberalism; instead, that is a closed-minded biased assumption that all the knowledge of how to live one's life rests with you. True liberalism that emerged from the Enlightenment Philosophy leading to the American Revolution was a broad umbrella of ideology allowing for civil discourse on issues without the castigation of a person for disagreeing. The beauty of the United States is that we allow individuals and families, such as Sarah Palin, the opportunity to choose how she and her husband handle their personal family decisions without you, the left wing kook media, or the central government in Washington telling her and Mr. Palin how to live their lives.
Perhaps the left is miffed because the Republicans strongly stand behind their women and do not play the sexism card. Are the women on the left jealous over the fact that your party chose NOT to put a woman on your ticket for the 2008 Election? I am sorry you and the other liberal women feel left out. That is the Democratic Party's responsibility, not the Republican Party's fault. Perhaps you should discuss this with Howard Dean and Barack Obama as to why women on your side have been excluded and segregated from the political arena in 2008.
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