Todd Starnes from Fox News tells how he was recently banned from Facebook for violating ‘community standards’ or something:

I got banned from Facebook.

They blocked me for 12 hours and removed a message I had posted invoking the National Rifle Association, Jesus and Paula Deen.

“I’m about as politically incorrect as you can get. I’m wearing an NRA ball cap, eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich, reading a Paula Deen cookbook and sipping a 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my Cracker Barrel rocking chair with the Gaither Vocal Band singing ‘Jesus Saves’ on the stereo and a Gideon’s Bible in my pocket. Yes sir, I’m politically incorrect and happy as a June bug.”

The folks over at Facebook took great offense to that message.

“We removed this from Facebook because it violates our Community Standards,” Facebook wrote me. “So you’re temporarily blocked from using this feature.”

I wasn’t even allowed to post our daily Bible verse – a popular feature called, “Morning Glory – Start Your Day Inspired.”

For the record, I really do have a Cracker Barrel rocking chair, I’m quite fond of sweet tea, I love Chick-fil-A, I’m a huge fan of Southern Gospel music, I own several Paula Deen cookbooks and I’m a proud member of the National Rifle Association.

So I’m honestly perplexed at Facebook’s actions. Did they have a problem with Jesus or the plump juicy chicken breasts?

I was genuinely concerned I had violated Facebook’s community standards. So I decided to brush up on their list of commandments. Among the “Thou Shalt Nots” were bans on nudity, bullying, harassment, graphic content, pornography and spam.

To the best of my knowledge I was not buck-naked and Miss Paula wasn’t doing anything untoward with a stick of butter. I do admit my Facebook page had some spam, though. In my defense, it was a great recipe for a fried spam sandwich (quite tasty I might add).

It’s even more puzzling that they would target a patriotic, conservative website like mine when they allow a host of vulgar, violent and pornographic sites to stay in business.