this bothers me a lot (stolen from mister_wolf)

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homophobic, censoring sara palin?

i have previously expressed my feelings about censorship and gay rights.
this article speaks for itself.

EDIT: per the kind notification of my readers and snopes, sara palin did not actually censor books. someone else did. she's still fundamentalist enough to have no problems pushing her views on other people in a way that scares me, but this particular incident was created by rumor, not truth.

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[mirage897.livejournal.com]

disturbing....

[galtshrugged.livejournal.com]

I had seen a headline that Palin had tried to get books banned at some point, but I didn't bother to read further before. I didn't know this was one of them.

Doesn't surprise me; extremely religious people tend to do things like that. It's unfortunate.

It was also the 90's. Hopefully she's mellowed a little bit and at least accepted that some people are gay, and that it doesn't mean they aren't Americans anymore.

[mamaursula.livejournal.com]

I am not happy with other things Sarah Palin has done, but she is not the person who had the books banned in Wasilla.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/08/mccain-palin-fires-back-over-book-ban-rumor/

[lucifermourning.livejournal.com]

she absolutely terrifies me. most of all because she's managed to get as far as she has. i'm just desperately hoping that all the middle of the road mums who initially flocked to her will quickly realise that she is not "just like them".