Word: bans
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...upon the language of free speech: “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of information…Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools.” Yet, as mayor of Wasilla, Palin hoped to ban certain books from the town library. For Palin, the belief that the Judeo-Christian God created the universe is one worth exposing to young people in science class, all while those same tender minds are protected from the notion that there exists a magical kingdom called Terabithia...
...many attitudes that form up Palin’s religious perspective have been quick to come to light: the governor supports an outright ban on abortions, challenges the view that man is not responsible for climate change, and believes that her plan to put a natural-gas pipeline in Alaska has the support of the big public-works director...
...Although Mugabe has reversed the ban on aid groups delivering food since the election, officials from those groups say the damage has already been done. Both the U.N. Food Agricultural Organization and the World Food Program expect that by early next year, more than 5 million Zimbabweans - about 45% of the population - will suffer food insecurity. A separate report from two human rights organizations says that nearly half the population now faces starvation, and that poor families are resorting to such desperate measures as marrying off their underage daughters to older men in exchange for food security. The International Federation...
...Over the past few years, a growing number of Evangelicals have been consciously distancing themselves from the more extreme stands of the Christian right. They live in the suburbs, hold graduate degrees, and while they might not want their children reading certain novels, would be embarrassed by attempts to ban certain books from libraries, as Palin is reported to have briefly considered while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. They don't attend churches where speakers charge that violence against Israelis is divine punishment for the failure of Jews to accept Jesus, as happened at one of Palin's churches two weeks...
...Similarly, Sarkozy's decision earlier this year to ban commercials from state television Channels, provoked an outcry, since the biggest expected beneficiary of the resulting advertising windfall will be private station TF1 - whose owner, Martin Bouygues, was best man at Sarkozy's wedding to former wife Cécilia. Opponents also claim Sarkozy has used his friendship with Bouygues - and one with another media mogul the president has called "my brother" - to direct the alleged nomination of sympathetic journalists into important editorial positions as a means of shaping friendly political coverage...