The Newsweek and Rock Richard blogs you linked to referenced Palin;s answer to a survey, “Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.” This answer was clarified in the LA Times article I linked to above, where Palin says contraception is not “explicit”, and she supports teaching about it.

The California Faultline blog references incorrect information about Alaska’s public-health division applying for a federal abstinence program. The Newsweek article it references, the same one you also linked to, was updated to state this was incorrect (see Editor’s Note at bottom).

I appreciate the concerns about Palin, but I really think the “abstinence-only”/hyprocrisy/whatever argument does not hold up based on the facts. Unless I see something other than the over-interpretation of the “explicit sex-ed” answer, and a refutation of the LA Times article, I have to conclude that Palin favors a education about contraceptives as well as abstinence.

These are just a few – check them out. She is absolutely PRO-ABSTINENCE.

http://californiafaultline.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/sarah-palins-abstinence-only-education-policy-fails-in-the-worst-way/

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/01/palin-s-record-on-family-issues.aspx

http://rockrichard.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/sarah-palin-abstinence-only-ed-works-daughter-bristol-begs-to-differ/

Regarding the God’s will stuff, it’s more questionable, because it’s open to interpretation. About Iraq, she said we “should pray ‘that our national leaders are sending them [the soldiers] out on a task that is from God, that’s what we have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan, and that plan is God’s plan.’” (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/politics/06church.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin) Praying that God’s will be done cannot be considered fringe Christianity. The only concern would be if she was certain of what God’s will is. So far, I haven’t seen conclusive evidence of that either.

With all due respect… you don’t know Sarah Palin and you choose to watch things that are pro Palin just as much as I watch things that are anti Palin, so lets not act like we know her.

And, you’re absolutely incorrect – look it up – she DID back abstinence only sex education programs. It’s all over the media about what she did and did not back.

She’s as hypocritical as the next one. And NO, I don’t think she’s this Christian girl that you choose to believe.

For God’s sake, she said the Iraq war and the pipelines in Alaska were GOD’S WILL. Seriously? She’s a freaking whack.

Time shall tell.

Without a doubt, if this were happening to Obama’s children, people would be exploding with outrage, probably more so than they are with Palin (and you can guarantee that conservatives would be leading the charge with a vengeance).

Bottom line, though: both parties contain their fair share of hypocrisy. I’m much more concerned about Palin’s potential abuses of power than I am about her family issues.

I was also going to add this, but you’ve said it quite well:

“I can bet my last breath on earth, that if the tables were turned, the GOP would be salivating with their “family values” tongues and literally licking the blood from Obama’s wounds.”