An influential conservative group South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has spoken highly of in the past says it has not decided whether it will call on the embattled governor to resign to devote his full attention to reconciling with his wife Jenny.
Mark Sanford posted a message to supporters on his personal website and Facebook page Monday in which he claimed that finishing his term as governor of South Carolina is part of God's plan for his life. Sanford said close friends advised him he "would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm." Palmetto Family Council president Oran Smith says his group has not yet called on Sanford to resign, but is monitoring whether the governor is earnestly trying to reconcile with his wife. "We really haven't reached a conclusion," Smith admits. "I'll have to say there is a lot of strong support on our board of directors for asking the governor to resign -- just simply because of some of the things that happened that were not related necessarily to the affair, but that involved him telling some untruths and trying to be evasive in a way that was not good to establish trust in the office of governor." Palmetto Family Council operates in association with Focus on the Family and Family Research Council, which recently dropped Governor Sanford from its list of speakers for its annual fall "Values Voter Summit." Smith says Palmetto Family Council became so concerned that there was not an official way of communicating with Jenny Sanford that the group set up a web page where people could sign a message of support for the South Carolina first lady.
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