Governor Rick Perry can't get enough of God. As he prepares to host his anti-gay prayer rally joining forces with the controversial American Family Association, he is continuing to raise controversy as clergy and some state governors have declined his invitation to the prayer rally. As it turns out, God is responsible for the crash of the economy, not bad politics, because it's all part of God's plan to get America to return to Biblical principles. In a recent interview with James Robison, televangelist and founder of Life Outreach International, Perry outlines his Biblical view of the economy:
Perry says he sees a silver lining to the devastating recession that has cost millions of families their jobs, homes, and livelihoods: it will return America to “Biblical principles” and free us from the slavery of big government:
PERRY: I think in America from time to time we have to go through some difficult times — and I think we’re going through those difficult economic times for a purpose, to bring us back to those Biblical principles of you know, you don’t spend all the money. You work hard for those six years and you put up that seventh year in the warehouse to take you through the hard times. And not spending all of our money. Not asking for Pharaoh to give everything to everybody and to take care of folks because at the end of the day, it’s slavery. We become slaves to government.
Perry is also having troubles with rumors swirling about him that despite his anti-gay stance, he himself has allegedly partaken of same sex partners in the Biblical sense, something his aides deny vigorously. Perry has also been controversial in his suggestion that the state of Texas could possibly secede from the rest of the United States if the government doesn't "quit thumbing its nose at the American people:"
Later, answering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.
"There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."
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