By now, most will have heard about the man in the Arizona who killed six and wounded at least a dozen others, including his target, Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Maybe you've heard that one of the fatalities was a nine-year-old girl, Christina Taylor Greene, who had gone to Representative Giffords' meeting because of the girl's budding interest in politics. (Apparently, she was on her school's student council.)

The girl's uncle, Greg Segalini, told The Arizona Republic that his niece was a student at Mesa Verde Elementary School where she was involved in many extracurricular activities ranging from ballet to baseball. She also enjoyed horseback riding and swimming. "She was real special and real sweet," her uncle said. Family members describe her as a vibrant individual and someone who was excited about life.

Did you know Christina was born on September 11, 2001 and was featured in a book Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11?

I predict that people of all political stripes will take this information, and run with it, trying to justify the "war on terror" or decry it. Will try to prove the "rightness" of their political leanings and the "wrongness" of everyone else. I have some thoughts on what you can do with using a child's death to further a political agenda, and if I see you doing it, you will hear those thoughts.

Was the shooter just a deranged guy with a gun or did he have political motivations? Apparently, the answer may be both. Did he "take matters into his own hands" after seeing Sarah Palin's website (now taken down) graphically illustrating the need to "target" particular politicians (including Rep. Giffords) by placing their political homebases in the crosshairs of a gunscope?

Sarah Palin has, of course, expressed her condolences to the victims and their families, and there is plenty of rationalizing going on amongst her supporters as to how her rhetoric could not have anything to do with this tragic turn of events. Really? Are we to believe there was never a conversation amongst Palin and her staffers/advisors (does she have advisors?) as to the possibility her actions might lead to violence? Were they so callous as not to care? Were they so naive as to think, in this politically-charged environment with emotions running high, that something like this was impossible?

I'll leave the political debate to others, but I will say this: Stop parading around as a follower of Jesus if you're going to put your political opponents in the crosshairs. You can't have it both ways. Either find ways to disagree in a civil manner, according to some level of spiritual maturity, or leave the mention of God out of your proceedings. When will enough be enough? Is this really how we want to behave as a country? As Christians?

I implore everyone to stop trying to mix politics and religion -- it's a toxic brew. A little girl is dead, and if you think political rhetoric wasn't, at some level, responsible for her death, then you're living in a fantasy world.