Sarah Palin's Cruelty

I'll make this short.

The evangelical leadership are falling all over themselves praising Sarah Palin's family values.

Here's the thing: Palin does not support her own daughter's ability to choose to carry her pregnancy. She opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest- and has said so, using her daughter as an example. And while Sarah's allowing credit to be heaped on her for deciding to raise a special needs child, she would deny this decision to all other American women. Her policy would be to make the government force women and girls facing a similar heart-wrenching situation to carry such a pregnancy, and raise a child no matter what suffering the family might face.

This is the deep cruelty of the theocrats. It is not a position worthy of praise.