An urban Representative in Oklahoma has just become a national star on the political stage. Sadly, for her of course, is the reason she is such a rising star is because she's also a rising joke.

GOP State Representative Sally Kern looks like an unassuming old lady. The typical small town woman you expect to be at home baking pies for grandchildren. But no. In secret, (at least in the past) Sally Kern, has been living her life as a homophobic, racist, teacher hating, children hating, intolerant Republican leader and wife to the pastor of the Olivet Baptist Church.

There was a great story on NPR yesterday that captured my attention. Pew recently released their extensive 35,000 person survey that examines the role of faith in daily lives and in political affiliation.

Here is a video that talks about it in an overview.