Rand Paul reminds us once again that he's a good Christian

Rand Paul was on Fox News once again today to complain about an attack ad made my his opponent Jack Conway. Among other accusations, the ad more or less claims that Mr. Paul has been a closet atheist since at least his closet days.

Mr. Paul wanted to emphasize his pro-life Christian credentials once again before poll booth closed:



There's a good analysis of the commercial from The Economist:

Let's not be naive. Non-belief in Christianity certainly is a disqualification for public office in many states, and Democrats are just as submissive in accepting this ground rule as Republicans. In this way, I find the generic campaign commercial touting the good Christian family man nearly as intolerable as Mr Conway's spot. It's not just that the church in those ads couldn't be swapped out for a synagogue or a mosque, it's that it couldn't be swapped out for a soup kitchen either. The focus is on Christian beliefs, not necessarily Christian values. Even the most saintly non-believer or religious sceptic, should he come clean with his beliefs, doesn't stand a chance of winning office in much of of America.

And it's a bit funny, isn't it? Someone who he is the son of arch-Libertarian Ron Paul, and is named after Ayn Rand, who was no great lover of religion, is claiming that he is a) religious and b) in favour of laws the use government to interfere with medical procedures based more or less on religious grounds.

Libertarians don't like state intervention, period. And it's hard to find a Christian libertarian. Let's leave it at that.