In Alabama, there is an unwritten religious test for candidates seeking public office. Andrew Sullivan links to an Alabama blog that reports on a gubernatorial candidate's statement that he believes every word in the bible to be literally true. As Andrew writes, "[T]he GOP's criteria for political office become indistinguishable from a theocracy's."
The candidate, Republican Bradley Byrne, was standing in the produce aisle of a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in New Hope, AL, answering questions about a statement he made in November in which he said, "I believe there are parts of the Bible that are meant to be literally true and parts that are not."
Oops.
The decision by Piggly Wiggly's corporate parent, Ragland Brothers Retail Cos., Inc., to host Byrne at one of their stores prompted this little bit from someone who read notice of the press conference on the blog: "Just got a call from a person at my Church letting me know about this," said uafan1198. "My family will not be shopping at Ragland Piggly Wiggly stores anymore or anything else they own.... I don't shop at places that think it is OK to stand next to people who don't believe the Bible is all true."
Their world just keeps getting smaller and smaller.
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