Readers weigh in on Carrie Prejean and the Miss California USA debate: Are controversial views grounds for termination?

In the days after Carrie Prejean's comments on same-sex marriage during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant, Donald Trump assured the public that Prejean would retain her title. Despite Trump's assurances, K2 Productions announced today that they had stripped Prejean of her crown. Although the company claims that the firing was due to contractual violations, many speculate that the termination might have related to her comments. 

Some offended readers were glad to hear of her dismissal.

"I don't understand why there is such a double-standard. ... if she were to say she disliked jewish people, or that she was against mixed-race marriage, nobody would EVER say that it was fine for her to have those beliefs and everyone would agree that her comments were out of line. But for same sex marriage, it's totally fine?" said Shawn.

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Is Amazon pulling a 'Fahrenheit 451' by banning books from list?

 

Though "Unfriendly Fire" has sold more books than the entire "Twilight" saga, you're not going to find it topping the Amazon.com bestseller charts. In fact, you won't find it on the charts at all.

That's because Amazon.com has removed the hardcover version of the book due to its adult content. Although it is a bestseller that analyzes military policy, it touches on one subject that Amazon considers too adult to promote: LGBTs in literature.

It seems that Amazon has been extending this policy to many books that deal with homosexual characters. Amazon stated in response to one author that inquired why his novel, which contained some gay characters living in the Old West, was removed from the rankings:

In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.

Readers were outraged to find out that Amazon was removing gay-themed literature from its lists.