There are some places that politics just do not belong.

Not many such places exist in today's United States, and I can handle most of that. I can accept that health care decisions are being made by doctors and politicians who are (heavily) influenced by pharmaceutical companies. I can even live with the fact that what I eat and what I pay for it are controlled in large part by which government regulations or subsidies we're enforcing this month.

But there are some places that must remain sacred, untouched by politics in any form, or humanity as a whole is threatened.

The first place is churches. I don't want my pastor telling me who to vote for or how to feel about certain issues. Churches should be places of peace where it is possible to more easily commune with the divine, keeping in mind that the divine is NOT standing outside a polling place wearing a Tea Party t-shirt. The separation of church and state initially was devised as a way of protecting churches, but, quite frankly, it's become more of a way to protect the state. If you want to bomb abortion clinics or threaten Muslims, you can pay taxes like the rest of us.

The next place is the bedroom. As long as that room is occupied by two consenting adults, no one in the whole world needs to know what's going on there, or the identity, gender, nationality, age or employment of the occupants. We don't need policies about asking or telling, and no one gets to have an opinion about what someone else does in a bedroom.

And finally, the last place that must be protected from politics is "Dancing With The Stars." Much of America -- and certainly all Democrats -- have been watching in horror as, week after week, Bristol Palin has been voted to return to the show without actually evidencing any dance talent whatsoever. Every week, the judges put her right where she belongs -- the bottom of the leaderboard -- and every week a bunch of Palin-crazed nitwits vote her back to the stage.

This isn't funny any more. I'm not even going to get into what qualifies her to be a "Star." If every teenager who didn't use birth control and has an insane mother is a "Star," well, DWTS would be running on multiple channels 24/7. Let's just focus on the fact that she can't dance, and the only thing keeping her on the show is...you got it, politics.

It's like they think that if Bristol Palin wins Dancing With The Stars, Sarah Palin will win the presidential election in 2012.

It doesn't mean that...does it?