Did Todd Starnes get a Facebook time-out for posting about the NRA, Chick-fil-A and Jesus? Update: Facebook apologizes

Has Fox News Radio’s Todd Starnes been tossed into the Facebook gulag? On Saturday, he announced that Facebook had blocked him for violating community standards.

I got banned from Facebook http://t.co/L4FkBfgfhd They didn't like my pro-NRA post.

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 29, 2013

Facebook either has a problem with the NRA, Jesus, Chick-fil-A or Paula Deen http://t.co/L4FkBfgfhd #banned

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 29, 2013

Starnes was blocked for 12 hours after posting this oh-so-objectionable Facebook message:

This post by @toddstarnes was removed by @facebook for violating community standards,yet Islamic beheading grps stay. pic.twitter.com/P6L9y9D4fL

— Jeffy (@MosasaurKSU) June 29, 2013

The NRA, the Bible, Chick-fil-A and a Paula Deen cookbook? Starnes and his Twitter followers are wondering exactly what Facebook “standard” that harmless post violated.

@toddstarnes I read your post. How is this possible? What excuse could @facebook possibly have for this kind of censorship?!

— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) June 29, 2013

https://twitter.com/dglasscock/status/350994428330115072

@Facebook: why do have a problem w/ @toddstarnes but not w/ other groups attacking conservatives or Americans?

— Candice (@Candice_AZ) June 29, 2013

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Last year Twitchy was temporarily banned from Facebook for posting “something that violates Facebook policies.” We reached out to Facebook and learned that Twitchy’s posts were accidentally removed during Facebook’s review process.

Update:

Facebook says the "accidentally" deleted my post and banned me. http://t.co/MFLgOTCi3W

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 29, 2013

The removal of the post was a mistake, according to Facebook.

“A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook,” read a statement from Facebook. “This was a mistake, and we sincerely apologize for this error.”