Katherine Harris says failure to elect Christians will `legislate sin'

KRT Wire ^ | 8/25/2006 | Jim Stratton

[thoughtomator]

Another genius move.

[A CA Guy]

Was this an interpretation by others of what she said or was this a correct in context statement?

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Kate, you're in big trouble. Your strategic and tactical planning, plainly suck and are blunderous. Take 2 Ludes and call me in the morning. Your candidacy is DOA. Bye.

[PhiKapMom]

"If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," she told interviewers, citing abortion and gay marriage as two examples of that sin.

Note the quotes above -- looks like the candidate did it again if the quotes are correct. This gets worse and worse with her campaign.

[bybybill]

Is dunb Kathy the ONLY person that can run for the Senate in Florida?

[A CA Guy]

People can make great arguments not to exclude people of faith from political leadership, but we are not a theocracy and if she suggested we should have a CHRISTIAN government, then she jumped the shark and any political future she hoped to have in any office is now null and void IMO.

I hope the context of her statement made some kind or rational sense in truth, because we live in a Democratically elected Republic, not a theocracy.

[rottndog]

This gets worse and worse with her campaign.

Maybe she is going for the sympathy vote now.

[livius]

I agree, because I'm Catholic and evangelicals do not like us. But Katherine Harris has been the best of an abysmal lot, and I'd simply call upon her to make a clarification.

[jdm]

The chief problem with her campaign is its failure to promise $1.26 / gallon unleaded to Florida motorists. /sarc

[Texas Eagle]

"If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," she told interviewers, citing abortion and gay marriage as two examples of that sin.

Kind of hard to argue against that. Too bad the moniker of "Straight Talk Express" is already taken.

[Wormwood]

Fla. _Rep. Katherine Harris said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that a failure to elect Christians to political office will allow lawmaking bodies to "legislate sin."

And Jefferson's corpse spins anew.

[sinkspur]

In reality, she said, "we have to have the faithful in government" because that is God's will. Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers," she said.

Politically stupid, theologically stupid.

She's now trying to kill her campaign all by herself.

[BW2221]

Having seen Debbie Wasserman Schultz on TV many times, I find her disgusting. It was interesting when she ducked the question on O'Reilly's show when he asked her why she supports strong anti-terror tactics for Israel and opposes them in the U.S.

By the way, Debbie Wasserman Schultz bears a strong resemblance to Ms. Harris horse on a bad day (for the horse).

[sinkspur]

By the way, Debbie Wasserman Schultz bears a strong resemblance to Ms. Harris horse on a bad day (for the horse).

Harris is beginning to resemble the south end of that horse when he's north bound with these ridiculous statements.

[BillyBoy]

Republican voters in Minnesota and Virgina have "legislated sin" by electing pro-life, pro-gun, pro-family Reaganites like these guys:

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Jewish

Congressman Eric Cantor (R-MN)
Jewish

I gotta hand to Kathy, she's starting to make Alan Keyes comments about "selfish hedonists" look good in comparison.

[nopardons]

I used to really like this woman, but she has turned into someone not worthy to be elected nor appointed to any office whatsoever.

[gcruse]

I was a Katherine supporter and fan, but after being disillusioned over Harris's staffing mess, I decided that since I didn't know her opponents so couldn't make an informed vote, I'd sit the primaries out. But this is over the top. I don't want Christian government. I'll vote in the early balloting tomorrow, for anyone running against Harris.

[darkangel82]

I want Katherine to win but I don't expect her to after the campaign she's run.