Rick Perry: Satan is responsible for separation of Church and State!

[Landslide Lyndon]

We have a frontrrunner for the 2016 Republican nomination.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/rick_perry_satan_church_state.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

In a conference call with fellow evangelicals earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) shared his thoughts on the origins of the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. Rather than tracing the idea to the nation’s founders, Perry warned of a more nefarious source: Satan.

“Satan runs across the world with his doubt and with his untruths and what have you and one of the untruths out there that is driven is that people of faith should not be involved in the public arena,” Perry said during the call on Tuesday, organized by the Rev. Rick Scarborough.

Perry said the separation of religious and civic institutions in the U.S. began with a “narrative” that first took root in the 1960s.

“Somehow or another there’s this, ya know, steel wall, this iron curtain or whatever you want to call it between the church and people of faith and this separation of church and state is just false on its face,” the governor said. “We have a biblical responsibility to be involved in the public arena proclaiming God’s truth.”

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“You think about this spiritual warfare that’s going on and … going strong as President Obama and his cronies in Washington continue their efforts to remove any trace of religion from American life,” Perry said on the call. “And it falls on us, I mean, we truly are Christian warriors, Christian soldiers, and for us as Americans to stand our ground and to firmly send a message to Washington that our nation is about more than just some secular laws.”

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm not sure this man knows how to read.

[Middle-aged Europe]

“And it falls on us, I mean, we truly are Christian warriors, Christian soldiers, and for us as Americans to stand our ground and to firmly send a message to Washington that our nation is about more than just some secular laws.”

The American Taliban.

[Incipimus iterum]

We have a frontrrunner for the 2016 Republican nomination.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/rick_perry_satan_church_state.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

In a conference call with fellow evangelicals earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) shared his thoughts on the origins of the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. Rather than tracing the idea to the nation’s founders, Perry warned of a more nefarious source: Satan.

“Satan runs across the world with his doubt and with his untruths and what have you and one of the untruths out there that is driven is that people of faith should not be involved in the public arena,” Perry said during the call on Tuesday, organized by the Rev. Rick Scarborough.

Perry said the separation of religious and civic institutions in the U.S. began with a “narrative” that first took root in the 1960s.

“Somehow or another there’s this, ya know, steel wall, this iron curtain or whatever you want to call it between the church and people of faith and this separation of church and state is just false on its face,” the governor said. “We have a biblical responsibility to be involved in the public arena proclaiming God’s truth.”

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“You think about this spiritual warfare that’s going on and … going strong as President Obama and his cronies in Washington continue their efforts to remove any trace of religion from American life,” Perry said on the call. “And it falls on us, I mean, we truly are Christian warriors, Christian soldiers, and for us as Americans to stand our ground and to firmly send a message to Washington that our nation is about more than just some secular laws.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OWL7AzvHo

[Indy Texas]

He's gone from clutching at straws to flailing wildly and violently in the sinkhole his political career has become. Eventually, sometime next year, it will become apparent that Rick will be primaried and that unlike last time the odds won't be in his favor. Then he'll have to start calling in favors with Bob Perry, Harold Simmons and every other rich businessman he's ever hiked up his skirt and winked at so he'll actually have something to do once his political career is over. (Because Rick Perry has never had a real job outside of government and military service).

[Zioneer]

I'm pretty sure that waaaay too many people in America believe this. Especially in the South and Mountain West. I know that where I live, this is the basic sentiment of a lot of people.

[Torie]

Well, one of the planet's most revered Church leaders commented that Satan was here, there and everywhere among us, and we ignore his malevolent omnipresence (he "embraces" all the world) at our peril, so surely this can hardly be a surprise, can it?  

[Grumpier Than Thou]

People wanted this dude to be President?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Cain/Perry would be a fine ticket.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Cain/Perry would be a fine ticket.

Don't sully the good Reverend's name like that.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Cain/Perry would be a fine ticket.

Don't sully the good Reverend's name like that.

I'm not. Perry is a Smart Man and Great Governor.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Cain/Perry would be a fine ticket.

Don't sully the good Reverend's name like that.

I'm not. Perry is a Smart Man and Great Governor.

Governor Doctor Reverend Congressman Senator Radio Host Entrepreneur Cain will only choose a fellow coloured for his VP.