Polygamy vs. Female Candidates??

I must say, Sarah Palin's nomination has caused quite a ruckus amongst a certain group in the evangelical circle! I have been quite amused reading and hearing snapshots of various arguments to discredit her position. I quoted what one person said in my last post. Here is another interesting comment:

Complimentarians have basically argued in support of Governor Palin’s candidacy on the basis of the following: 1) there is no specific New Testament injunction against female magistrates. 2) we have old testament examples of women as magistrates. and 3) she is not running for pastor-in-chief; therefore, we cannot hold her (or Senator McCain) to 1 Timothy 3/Titus 1 standards. Taking their line of reasoning, what would stop evangelicals from supporting, say, a polygamist candidate? Ridiculous?

Lets take a hard, analytical look at his analogy. This writer says the logical basis to support a female candidate could also be applied to support a polygamist candidate.

How do we know polygamy is wrong? There are several ways: For believers, we know it is wrong because the Bible clearly speaks against it. However, the proper conduct in the political arena is not to quote scripture from the Senate floor as adequate support for passing a certain law. Rather, reason and Natural Law are the key supporters for this issue. J-Bud, in his book "What We Can't Not Know" explains that, while polygamy has been seen off and on throughout the history of the world, it is generally not respected as the highest form of family unit. Its scarcity and geographical limit speaks to the fact that it is not universally understood to be a proper family model.

Rationally speaking, we can look at the harms this type of relationship creates in the family as well as the reality of genetic defects and brainwashing control. Commune after commune have been broken up not because the government wanted to necessarily uphold a proper biblical view of the family but because it is known to be wrong through reason and natural law.

It is far fetched to say alleged "biblical womanhood" is known through reason and natural law. While reason does tell us it is "good" for a woman to stay home and care for her family, this harm does not compare to the harms of polygamy. There is nothing fundamental about the human conscience that says it is wrong for women to hold political offices. "Women Presidents" are not stationed beside "killing" or "torturing innocent babies" in the law written on the heart.

Again, I am NOT a raging feminist (or a feminist at all!) who is delighted to see a person of Sarah's gender run for office. Her gender means nothing to me. What I am concerned about is the attempted refutation that argues from twisted biblical texts to support an agenda or false analogies. Critical thinking is hugely important not only as believers encounter the world, but as they encounter other believers as well.