There’s been a lot of vitriol spewed by certain segments of the media during the last week in regards to Gov. Sarah Palin’s candidacy. Much of it has been completely ridiculous.

Setting the politics aside, I find Dan Kimball’s observation the most intriguing so far:

It is dawning on me however, as I have been reading some blogs and hearing which Christian leaders are excited about her - that many of them are from complementarian churches. Which means as they are enthusiastic about her becoming vice president and making incredibly important decisions for our country for both men and women and make speeches and lead - she couldn’t teach the pulpit, or be an elder or pastor in their church and make decisions or lead men and women in a church setting.

How about that? The theology of the Palin pick is something that I have yet to see fleshed out, but I think this is a great place to start.

UPDATE: So I saw this interview with Richard Land on CT’s website. Here’s his take:

The only restrictions we find in Scripture are, that for whatever reason women are not to be in charge of a marriage and women are not to be in charge of a church. That has nothing to do with governor, or senator or the House of Representatives, or president, or vice president.

And now the mainstream press is catching on.