LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY krasiviye_slova) (first-time poster, so please, correct me if I violate any etiquette rules)

I this piece from the Washington Post to be an interesting and saddening first hand report on the trouble politics inspired by conservative religion can cause for ordinary people.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201405.html