def get_boolean_from_request(request, key, method='POST'):
	" gets the value from request and returns it's boolean state "
	value = getattr(request, method).get(key, False)
	
	if value == 'False' or value == 'false' or value == '0' or value == 0:
		value = False
	elif value: 
		value = True
	else:
		value = False
		
	return value