Or so says Doug Phillips of the Texas-based Vision Forum, who may be the best (extreme) example of conservative discomfort with the possibility of a President Sarah Palin.
I’ll be totally honest-I’m not terribly familiar with Phillips’ group, and judging by his Web site, he’s a one-stop shopping spot for biblically “appropriate” toys and books for conservative-minded families. Conservative-minded families, mind you, who all wear khaki pants and blue blazers.
But back to Palin.
Phillips’ problem with Palin seems to be that he thinks its unbiblical for a woman to work outside the home. The digest version can be found here, but he expands on why Palin is no Deborah (the warrior judge from the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament) here:
“How do Christians support for the highest elective office in America, a self-avowed feminist, mother of young children who goes back to work three days after giving birth to a Down syndrome baby, who has a child with a teenage pregnancy, who clearly leads the direction of her family while her husband (whom she formally acknowledges plays a “Mr. Mom” role) follows her and helps to advance her leadership? How do partisan, politically-active Christian leaders do this, given the fact that this is the very type of feminist lifestyle and vision they have in the past opposed as unbiblical and unwise?”