A homo pal of ours attended temple at NYC's gay-friendly Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, where Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum opened Rosh Hashanah services up as a town hall type setting. (She and other religious types can't legally endorse candidates, although that hasn't stopped some.) When asked how she, as a feminist, felt about Sarah Palin, Kleinbaum described Palin as a "Clarence Thomas" type figure. Indeed.