Ukukhethwa kuka-John McCain kuka-Sarah Palin njengesekela lakhe likamongameli kufake umfutho umkhankaso wokuntula. Abezindaba abakwazi ukuyeka ukukhuluma ngaye. Uma kubhekwa ubudala bukaMcCain kanye nesimo sempilo (ifayela lakhe lezokwelapha lalicishe libe namakhasi angu-1,200 ubude), uPalin wayezoba ukushaya kwenhliziyo ngempela ekubeni uMongameli. Kodwa abaphathi bePalin bebezobukeka kanjani ngempela?
UPalin ungumKristu oshisekayo ophiko lwesokudla ongathanda ukwakha umbuso ongokwasezulwini. Ukholelwa ukuthi siphila โezikhathini zokugcinaโ eziyophumela esihogweni esichitha igazi okuyosindiswa kuso amaKristu eqiniso kuphela. UPalin usanda kuhambela inkonzo yakhe
NjengoMbusi wase-Alaska, uPalin wacela ibandla lakubo ukuba lithandazele ipayipi legesi yemvelo, alibiza ngokuthi โintando kaNkulunkulu.โ Ucabanga impi
I-Palin's ukukhetha ukuba nengane ye-Down syndrome kanye nendodakazi yakhe esemusha ukukhetha ukuqhubeka nokukhulelwa kwakhe kwenza amaKristu evangeli ajabule. Kodwa ngenkathi ekhetha ukukhulelwa, uPalin wayenqabela owesifazane ohlukunyezwe ukudlwengulwa noma ukulala nesihlobo ilungelo lokukhetha ukukhipha isisu, bese ejezisa ngobugebengu bobabili owesifazane ngokuba nodokotela oyedwa ngokusikhipha.
UMcCain angathanda futhi ukufaka umthamo omkhulu wobuKristu ekuphatheni kwakhe. Ngonyaka odlule, wamemezela, โUMthethosisekelo wasungula i
URick Davis, umphathi womkhankaso kaMcCain, wathi โlolu khetho aluphathelene nezindaba . . . Lolu khetho lumayelana nombono oyinhlanganisela walokho abantu abakususa kulaba abangenele ukhetho.โ AmaRiphabhulikhi ayazi ukuthi azolahlekelwa uma egxila ngempela ezindabeni ezinjengomnotho, impi, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo kanye nemvelo. Banethemba lokuthi abesifazane ababesekela u-Hillary Clinton bazongena ku-Palin ngoba ungumuntu wesifazane onohlonze - nakuba ongafuni ukukhetha - owesifazane. Baphinde babhekwe ngoxhaso lwabantu abangakwazi ukuzovotela umuntu omnyama.
Kodwa labo abangebona abavangeli abasekela ithikithi likaMcCain-Palin benza kanjalo engozini yabo. Ngeke nje baqhubeke nokuhlupheka eminye iminyaka emine yezinqubomgomo zikaBush eziyinhlekelele; bayophinde bazithole sebephila embusweni ongokwasezulwini wobuKristu.
UMarjorie Cohn unguprofesa eThomas Jefferson School of Law kanye noMongameli weNational Lawyers Guild. Ungumbhali we ICowboy Republic: Izindlela Eziyisithupha Iqembu Lezigelekeqe Lidelele Umthetho futhi co-umbhali we Imithethonqubo yokuThuthukiswa: Izepolitiki kanye neNhlonipho yokuHlukana kwamaMpi (no-Kathleen Gilberd), ezoshicilelwa kulobu busika yi-PoliPointPress. Izindatshana zakhe zigcinwe kungobo yomlando www.marjoriecohn.com (Imibono evezwe kulesi sihloko ngeyombhali kuphela; akamele iNational Lawyers Guild noma i-Thomas Jefferson School of Law)
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