Palin and Me: Opposite Ends of the Spectrum

As you probably already know Sarah Palin is the recently announced vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party. She has been the Governor of Alaska since December 4th 2006 and before then she was the mayor of a small town in Alaska (Wasilla). She is married to a part Inuit snowmobile champion and has 5 kids who all have weird names. The names are nothing compared to “Talula does the Hula from Hawaii” though. I seem to disagree with the vast majority of her opinions, especially in the big 5 controversial topics...

1. Abortion: I think everyone should have the right to choose. Do you really want to bring a child into the world when the mother is not able to cope. Not everyone has a good support system and the skills to raise a child. Just ask some of the kids raised in squalor by crack-addicted parents. And then you have to consider pregnancy caused by rape or incest.
2. Sex Education: If you teach about safe-sex and contraception then abstinence is still an option. If all you teach is abstinence then the kids who ignore it don’t know the consequences of their behaviour.
3. Creationism: No. School is for science, church is for religion. Keep them separate because not everyone believes the same things.
4. Gay rights: Sometimes girls like girls and boys like boys. Same-sex couples are not hurting anyone so what is the problem with gay marriage. At least give them the legal rights that a civil union entails.
5. Gun control: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. True. But guns sure as hell help. If you are using your guns legally for hunting then what is the problem with having to register them and lock them up.