Monday, December 15, 2008

Wasilla Bible Church Arson:  Anti-Prop 8 Mafioso?

by W. T. Howes

The congregants from the Wasilla Bible Church were not looking to cast stones in the wake of the fire that nearly destroyed Gov. Palin’s house of worship.  With an investigation in progress, the authorities will not comment or theorize.  Given the criticism of the church by the forces of political correctness and the historical background of the election, is it possible that this arson is the work of the Anti-Prop 8 Mafia?

The authorities are treating the fire at the Wasilla Bible Church as an arson.  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has found that accelerant was placed at several places near entrances around the building.  People were present in the building when the fire was set.  Basic concepts of criminal law hold that this is an aggravated arson.  Add to the formula that the crime was committed against a church and its congregants, and you have a hate crime.

But who did it?  Authorities will not comment during an investigation.  However, the rest of us are free to theorize.

The fact that this hate crime was committed against a church attended by a prominent politician points toward a political motivation.  I think that we can eliminate the “Christian Right” as the crime was committed against a predominantly white evangelical Protestant church.  I think that we can eliminate the mushy middle:  They are too squeamish to resort to violence.  That leaves the left.

Well, who on the left has been using threats, force and intimidation in the past six weeks?  With most of the left doing an endzone dance after the election of BHO, there is only one group that remains desperately and bitterly in need of therapy and medication:  The gay and lesbian “civil rights” coalitions.  They are and have been angry and on the move since the passage of Proposition 8 in California.

Some extremists might see both Governor Palin and her church as a good symbolic target.  Gov. Palin has affirmed time-and-time-again that she believes that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.  Wasilla Bible has participated in pro-marriage and pro-family programs, and has come under some criticism from the left as a result. 

Our prayers go out to the congregation of Wasilla Bible and we wish them success with their recovery efforts.