The Audacity of Faith

Adding to the high number of personal attacks Gov. Palin has received since she was announced as Sen. McCain’s pick—and not just standard allegations of inexperience or discrepancies in her record, but personal jabs such as those that have been made against her as a woman and mother —Palin is now being attacked as a person of faith .

Apparently it’s shocking to some that Palin once spoke at a church about faith in everyday life. The poor church that hosted the video online had to shut down its website after the story broke due to the overflooding media attention.

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