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I was born and raised near Palmer (in the beautiful Matanuska Valley!), where my father was the principal of a local elementary school and my mother was a missionary on staff of the Lazy Mountain Children's Home. To use a Biblical phrase, I was raised "in the bosom" of fundamentalist Christianity. Those were pre-Falwell days, though, and the Christians I knew weren't particularly entangled in right-wing politics. I'm sad to hear how things have changed in the Valley, but I'm glad to know there are people like Howard Bess who are willing to speak out. It looks like it'll be a long time, though, before this Lesbian atheist will truly be able to go home again.
