# Sarah Palin: American law should be based on "God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098 "2010-05-11T21:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/1 "2010-05-11T21:17:36Z")
[Warning: Lefty Site](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/10/sarah-palin-american-law_n_569922.html) Palin, flapping her yap on O’Reilly, said that US Law should be based on th “God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments” > [@](#): > > According to Palin, the recent backlash against the National Day of Prayer is proof that some people are trying to enact a “fundamental transformation of America” and to “revisit and rewrite history” in order to shift the Christian nation away from its spiritual roots. > > Palins’s advice: "Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear – that we would create law based on the God of the bible and the ten commandments. > > “What in hell scares people about talking about America’s foundation of faith?” Palin continued. “It is that world view that involves some people being afraid of being able to discuss our foundation, being able to discuss God in the public square, that’s the only thing I can attribute it to.” There is a whole bunch factually wrong with this prattle, I don’t think most regulars here need the errors and false assumptions pointed out to them, but Jesus, what the fuck? This is ostensibly not some party wingnut, but a former VP nominee for the GOP and someone who is still taken seriously as a 2012 contender. She is, ostensibly, a mainstream face for the party, a frontman. She is supposed to be representative. Fuck John McCain for selecting this idiot without vetting her and giving her mainstream attention. Is there anyone left here at all who is still willing to defend Sarah Palin as a legitimate political voice? Why is she treated like such an oracle by teabaggers? Will she eventually marginalize herself out of 2012 contention even within the Republican base? ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/2 "2010-05-11T21:32:16Z")
Funny how she spouts off about this. I’m guessing the whole sex before marriage, baby out of wedlock thing just wasn’t in the part of the Bible she read. She reminds me of the all the republican homo-phobes screaming about the evils of “the gay” while sucking the white snake in a mens bathroom. Lead by example Sarah, you dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/3 "2010-05-11T21:45:00Z")
I disdain her for all the reasons you mention and, adding to that, for giving Christianity a black eye on top of it. Like we need that kind of spokesperson. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/4 "2010-05-11T21:49:23Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > Funny how she spouts off about this. I’m guessing the whole sex before marriage, baby out of wedlock thing just wasn’t in the part of the Bible she read. She reminds me of the all the republican homo-phobes screaming about the evils of “the gay” while sucking the white snake in a mens bathroom. > > Lead by example Sarah, you dumbass. My contempt for Sarah Palin is limited only by my refusal to commit murder, rape, and other such felonies. Nonetheless, I don’t think it’s fair to criticize her for something her daughter did. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/5 "2010-05-11T21:58:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > My contempt for Sarah Palin is limited only by my refusal to commit murder, rape, and other such felonies. Nonetheless, I don’t think it’s fair to criticize her for something her daughter did. **skammer** didn’t say he was talking about her daughter. I can’t speak for **skammer** , but, in point of fact, Palin herself also acquired her first pregnancy out of wedlock. Hers and Todd’s wedding had shotguns present. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/6 "2010-05-11T22:05:03Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > **skammer** didn’t say he was talking about her daughter. I can’t speak for **skammer** , but, in point of fact, Palin herself also acquired her first pregnancy out of wedlock. Hers and Todd’s wedding had shotguns present. I thought the thing with young..um…I don’t know her name, actually…was implied. I did not know about Palin’s wedding, as I try to stay uninformed about things like that. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/7 "2010-05-11T22:05:50Z")
Two generations of whores. Can you go back one more and find out about granny? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/8 "2010-05-11T22:21:20Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Two generations of whores. Can you go back one more and find out about granny? I think the point was more that she’s hypocritical about sex outside of marriage, not that she and her daughter are whores. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/9 "2010-05-11T22:22:58Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Hers and Todd’s wedding had shotguns present. This is Sarah Palin we’re talking about here, **Dio**. Are you sure they weren’t wedding presents? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/10 "2010-05-11T22:24:17Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Two generations of whores. Can you go back one more and find out about granny? I prefer to restrict the word _whore_ to mean “persons who trade sexual favors for cash.” Funny of me, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/11 "2010-05-11T22:30:50Z")
“The clergy believe that any portion of power confided to me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion.” Wild-eyed Crypto-Muslim Barack Hussein Obama, I’ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/12 "2010-05-11T22:33:59Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Will she eventually marginalize herself out of 2012 contention even within the Republican base? The way things are going, the 2012 Republicans might toss her for being too socialist. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/13 "2010-05-11T22:56:53Z")
Actually I wasn’t referring to her daughter’s pregnancy or her own. Just her general xeno- and homo- phobia disguised as Christian piety. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/14 "2010-05-11T22:59:29Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I prefer to restrict the word _whore_ to mean “persons who trade sexual favors for cash.” Funny of me, I know. What’s the difference between a whore and a slut? A whore has better financial skills. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/15 "2010-05-11T23:03:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I prefer to restrict the word _whore_ to mean “persons who trade sexual favors for cash.” Funny of me, I know. It is kinda funny, since the term also means one who is just promiscuous. It’s an extremely common usage, in the dictionaries and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/16 "2010-05-11T23:19:31Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Two generations of whores. Can you go back one more and find out about granny? What the fuck is wrong with you? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/17 "2010-05-12T00:25:04Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I prefer to restrict the word _whore_ to mean “persons who trade sexual favors for cash.” Funny of me, I know. Not the general use in high school. We called the easy girls whores. ---
**Author:** ![Creole\_Tomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Creole\_Tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creole_Tomato)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/18 "2010-05-12T00:32:45Z")
Sarah Palin said “What in **hell** …?” The base in the Bible Belt just went :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/19 "2010-05-12T00:34:08Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with you? Because she presumes to lecture the world about religion when she has no fucking standing. She talks of morality. What right does she have? You can’t find a justification for a person to walk out of being a governor so she can make get rich while the time is hot. She is thinking of only herself every time she opens her mouth. Where does she get off to tell anybody about ethics and morality? If I created the impression I think she will sell anything and everything for money, then I am doing a good job. I think she owed the people of Alaska the duties of governor. Even though she was a petty despot and twisted the office into something ugly and small, she still owed the voters her best. She walked out. That is inexcusable and unforgivable. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098/20 "2010-05-12T00:50:50Z")
I often wonder if these people have EVER FUCKING READ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!!! I understand if their lips get too chapped when they read the entire Bible, but the ten commandments aren’t that long. Taking the generally accepted order from one of the three places they appear: > [@](#): > > 1. Do not have any other gods before me. Okay, so we exile all Hindus and other non Abrahamists and then set to work on the Council of Wasilla to determine if Muslims can be exiled. Or Jews for that matter- true, he gave the commandments to Jews, but their deity would hardly have gotten a virgin pregnant so it’s probably a different one which means they may have to sing Anatevka too. > [@](#): > > 1. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. The Council of Wasilla will also determine whether Catholics must leave due to this one. > [@](#): > > 1. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Now hear this saying god and damn in proximity will get you jailed. Naming your baby ‘Jesus’ is up for consideration at the Council of Wasilla, but on the safe side we’re exporting all people of Spanish extraction since they’re the most likely offenders. An interesting rarely quoted followup to that verse is > [@](#): > > I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. In the first place, there haven’t been one thousand generations since the 10 Commandments- maybe just a little over a tenth of that in fact since 1000 generations would be about 30,000 years. Wouldn’t that mean we’re _all_ covered so long as we’ve had a devout Judeo-Christian ancestor since ca. 1200 BCE? BUT- what if we’ve had many generations of devout Judeo-Christian ancestors _BUT_ we’ve had a couple of idol worshipers in the past three and four generations as well? I guess that’s something for the Council of Wasilla to figure out. > [@](#): > > 8 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Note that no exception is made for emergency workers: > [@](#): > > For six days you shall labour and do all your work. > > But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. > > For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it. So if you’re going to have a heart attack, I suggest you do it before the weekend cause hospitals will be closed on Sunday (or, depending on the CoW’s ruling, twixt sundown Friday and Saturday). > [@](#): > > Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Fair enough. Of course Bristol must have embarassed her mom and Levi already gave testimony that he heard them bicker, so I guess she’s to be stoned. > [@](#): > > You shall not murder. That’s a good one. I wonder why it isn’t in more law codes. > [@](#): > > You shall not commit adultery. This one will really cut down on the overpopulation problem, though rocks will be selling for about $200 per pound when the stonings get through, and that’s just the senators. > [@](#): > > You shall not steal. Another “damn, wish I’d thought of that one, cause it’s good.” > [@](#): > > You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Fair enough, I don’t know my neighbors anyway. > [@](#): > > You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. This one’s going to be hard to enforce, but I think the LAW & ORDER: COVET UNIT (thunk-thunk!) we’ll see some headway. Goddamn but if some other deity would would help me steal the bank account I envy of Sarah Palin I would falsely accuse my parents of child molesting then bow down and worship them six days a week and twice on Sunday. (How many is that?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-american-law-should-be-based-on-god-of-the-bible-and-the-ten-commandments/539098.md?page=2)