American leftists are quick to cry foul when they see any combination of religion and politics on the conservative side, but it’s a different story if religion can be used to promote their agenda.

Case in point? Liberals recently held faith based “prayer vigils” in favor of ObamaCare at Senator Joe Lieberman’s house in Connecticut…

Talking Points Memo:

“A growing number Connecticut’s religious leaders are calling on Sen. Joe Lieberman to appeal to a higher power and change his mind about including a public option in a health care reform bill. Last night, hundreds of reform supporters from congregations across the state held a candlelight vigil outside Lieberman’s home in Stamford, CT.”

SEIU:

On Sunday, members of the Connecticut faith community staged a candlelight vigil outside Sen. Joe Lieberman’s home in Connecticut. The Stamford Advocate reported, “clergy from several religious dominations prayed in three languages outside the fourth-term senator’s home, surrounded by a crowd the Fire Marshal’s Office estimated to number nearly 500.”

My Left Nutmeg:

“This has to send a potent message to Lieberman. The symbolism is simply stunning. Rabbis protesting outside Joe Lieberman’s home in Stamford? Dan Malloy? Who thought they’d ever see this happening?”

Connecticut Bob:

“Over 500 clergy, parishioners, and residents attended a prayer vigil outside the Stamford home of Sen. Joe Lieberman last night to protest the senator’s promise to block a vote on health care reform.”

Huffington Post:

“More than 400 Connecticut residents, health care reform advocates, and clergy attended an evening prayer vigil that began at Senator Joe Lieberman’s Alma Mater, Stamford High School.”

This is a typical double standard which everyone remembers from the 2008 presidential election.

Sarah Palin’s religious beliefs were continually twisted into lies:

“Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God. Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.”

Yet Obama’s documented radical religious connections were no problem at all:

“Of all the strange features of this presidential race, the tarnishing of Barack Obama has got to be the most ridiculous. First Obama was accused of anti-religious elitism. Then he was accused of identifying with the underclass anger of his spiritual mentor. Excuse me, but which is it? Start with Obama’s turbulent preacher. Yes, Jeremiah Wright says some disgraceful things. But can anyone explain how that changes Obama’s qualities as a candidate?”

You guys on the left have no business holding “prayer vigils” for ObamaCare or anything else for that matter.

Don’t think this will be forgotten when you’re thrown out of power.

Tick tick tick tick tick tick………

Apparently, Conservatives have no right to be outraged over Obama’s attempt to propagandize the National Endowment for the Arts because George W. Bush created the Faith Based Initiatives Program.

Pay no mind to the fact that Obama has expanded Bush’s Faith Based Initiatives Program.

Move along folks, nothing to see here.

More at Memeorandum.

Obama has chosen a new person to head the office of Faith Based initiatives for the White House. His name is Joshua DuBois and he is a 26 year old Pentecostal pastor.

Let me repeat that. He is a Pentecostal pastor. The New York Times mentions this in the opening line of a recent article.

“President Obama plans to name Joshua DuBois, a 26-year-old Pentecostal pastor and political strategist who handled religious outreach for the Obama campaign, to direct a revamped office of faith based initiatives according to religious leaders who have been informed about the choice.”

This is a blatant double standard.

Consider this article from the Huffington Post in September 2008 titled “Palin’s Church May Have Shaped Controversial World View.”

“Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord. Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right.”

The Huffington Post had a BIG problem with Sarah Palin suggesting that we should pray for American Troops. They were absolutely HORRIFIED that she was a Pentecostal.

The Huffington Post on Pentecostal Joshua DuBois three days ago? NO PROBLEM!

“In a speech Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama outlined how the new faith-based office under DuBois will be a departure from that of the Bush administration.”

So let’s break it down:

Palin + Pentecostal = Evil and scary.

DuBois + Pentecostal = Fine choice.

This is from a publication that wants to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine.”

The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds.

All Libertarian minded people should be offended by this double standard, regardless of their religious affiliation, agnosticism, or atheism.

H/T to NewsBusters.