A friend of mine was part of a small group of filmmakers you flew on a shoe-string budget up to Wasilla, Alaska. Their aim was to put together a series of short documentaries covering Sarah Palin’s governance as both the mayor of Wasilla and as governor of the state. The above clip deals with her background as a social conservative, and how she has used her religious affiliation to advance her political career.

Now I will say, Palin has every right to attend whatever church she wants to. She could be a regular Betty Butterfield and try all of them, I don’t care. What I take issue with is the spill-over effect that all too often occurs with conservative Christian politicians in America. When you seek to push, or in some cases even legislate, your own very personal religious beliefs on the wider populace, that’s when you lose me.

This is the second of what will be an installment of four videos about the Governor. Click over to the Wasilla Project for more information.