To The Editor
So, apparently, some "Christians" are upset that the County Commissioners aren't specifically mentioning Jesus when they have their pre-meeting prayer. Forget that whole separation of Church and State thing.
Then I saw this nice little "Letter to the Editor" with it's veiled (or not so veiled in this case) threats and it kinda pissed me off.
So, I wrote a wee letter of my own. It will be interesting to see if they publish it.
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To the Editor:
I was disturbed by Tuesday's article about "generic" prayer at the opening of Haywood County Board of Commissioners meetings.
Kenneth Henson's statement that if "commissioners would back off on issues such as erosion control and a nuisance ordinance and take up issues such as defending Christian prayer, they would become worthy of the peoples’ esteem" is ridiculous. County Commissioners are elected to help govern and make things better for ALL the citizens of Haywood County. They are not elected to promote one groups's religious beliefs.
As a resident, I find it upsetting that these people want to force their religious views onto the Commissioners and in turn on Haywood County as a whole.
I also find some of the statements that Kelly Rogers made in his "Letter the Editor" disturbing as well. To say that the commissioners should "Take a stand for us Christians. If not, I guarantee you, we will stand up next election and you just might not have that Commissioner title" is nothing but outright threats and bullying.
The United States was founded on the concept of FREEDOM of religion, which to my mind means that our County Commissioners should be respectful of all the county's citizens. "Christians" need to realize that in this county (and in this country), everyone does not have the same belief system.
Charles Mills
Waynesville, NC
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The Horse Is Dead
Dear News Media,
We all know that Toyota has some fucked up vehicles out there. But, do we really need hourly new reports and updates?
Please move on.
Sincerely,
Chas.
Maine Stew
I have been stewing a wee bit today about the outcome of the Maine vote.
From the ABC News Story:
Mary Lou Narbus, a 51-year-old mother of three from Rockwood, Maine, told ABC News she's pleased Question 1 prevailed in rejecting same-sex marriage. "I believe that marriage is for a man and a woman... and I don't believe that [gay marriage] should be taught in school, period," she said.
Seriously? Legalizing gay marriage will lead it to be taught in school? It's all just more lies about how equality for gays is going to lead to homosexuals indoctrinating children into the "evil lifestyle."
The best thing that I can think of to saw about the whole thing right now is "Fuck you, Religious Fundies and your churches."
Post Full of Whine
So, it's downtime for me here at the theater. Yup ... backstage blogging.
OMG! Could the costume for Drake be any hotter? They finally kicked on the air conditioning after I sweated through my shirt and sweater. Hooray for air conditioning!
I have had a headache all damn day. It just doesn't seem to want to go away. Oh well. At least it's not The Swine.
Time to go waddle through Act II ... and then home for some tasty Sugar Buzz !! Carrot Cake.
The Morning After
And things are feeling great ... even though they STILL haven't officially announced who won North Carolina. Blue State? I hope so!!!