Letter About Palin Goes Viral Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400 This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook. Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400 Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools. Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
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