Katherine Harris: "God wanted me to make public service a part of my life" [View All]

March 20, 2006
Katherine Harris plays the 'God card' with some unsavory characters
Posted 10:46 am

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/6896.html

Rep. Katherine Harris' (R-Fla.) Senate campaign is clearly facing serious trouble — down in the polls, lagging fundraising, zero institutional support, a scandal or two hanging overhead — but like too many Republican candidates, she has one tactic to fall back on: the God card.

More than 800 conservative Christians were attending a two-day annual conference called Reclaiming America for Christ at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale. Harris received a standing ovation when she arrived at the pulpit.

She told the crowd that she studied under Francis Schaeffer in Geneva, Switzerland. Schaeffer is considered a founder of the modern evangelical movement, which encourages advocating Christian beliefs in public life. Schaeffer, in his book A Christian Manifesto, called for Christian activists to demand "biblical morality" in government affairs.

Harris, a Presbyterian, said she "redirected my life to the Lord when I was only in the third grade." She said she was "blessed to be raised in a godly family." Harris also said that she never would have entered politics if she did not believe that God wanted her to make public service part of her life. She added, "Everything is possible with God."