BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books

Subject: RE: BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books
From: Amos
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 03:07 PM

Eanjay:

As a near-by resident, what are your impressions of Sarah? Is she "beloved"? Feared? Somewhere in between? Is Annie Kinney's now-widely-circulated email generally correct?

Did the librarian in question (who nearly lost her job when she resisted) ever spwecify which books Sarah was on about?


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Subject: BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books
From: emjay
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 03:00 PM

I don't think I ever heard what specific books she wanted banned but I remember the talk. I guess the national media is also interested in what books might be banned. A few years ago, my friend and pastor, Howard Bess, wrote a book called, Pastor I Am Gay. It was about gays, lesbians in the church and the churches' condemnation of them. He wrote specifically to say why he sees the church approach as wrong and harmful. The book was immediately banned in the local "Christian" book stores and of course there was publicity.
Someone, somewhere learned about this story and picked up on it and Saturday a crew from ABC news was here in Palmer, Alaska (next door to Palin's hometown, Wasilla). They spent several hours with Howard Bess, interviewing him for Good Morning, America. Sunday a cameraman and a sound tech were at the church service filming some more. It is to be on Good Morning, America, tomorrow, September 9. I have no idea what they talked about with Bess, but it will surely provide a different, and somewhat less reactionary view of some of us in Alaska.
(I always took a special interest in the book since I painted the cover picture.)