No political figure in America should ever, for any reason, mix religion
Except if you’re a liberal. Then it is mandatory, and for the public good.
That’s the point of a convoluted editorial by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend that recently appeared in the Washington Post. Kennedy Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and daughter of Bobby Kennedy, attacked Sarah Palin for saying that the religious beliefs of public officials can inform their policies. Palin criticized John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Townsend’s uncle, for subordinating his Catholicism to his politics — for saying that his faith would in no way inform his presidency. Kennedy Townsend then rebuked Palin by praising the way that faith has influenced the public policy activism of the Kennedys. The point seems to be that no one should ever speak for God.
Except, of course, the left.
