Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, lion-killing
dentists, a letter from our Congressional Rep. Buddy Carter explaining why the
Supreme Court has abused their power—are there enough things to be enraged
about today? I’m not sure I have the
energy.
I think it’s clear that the majority of
people, at least those who still have a few functional brain cells, think those
mentioned are at least not quite getting it.
To bring back a really old and horrible metaphor, the lunatics are
running the asylum. Certainly that would
be the case if Trump got elected to any it political office ever. Bill Cosby seems to be finally out of excuses
and as for his wife, as we say in the South, “Bless her”! I can’t even read about the Great White
Hunter, literally makes me so ill I push it away. No way ever to justify killing beautiful
animals for no reason on earth whatsoever.
Our elected representative to Congress is
another matter. Obviously, I did not
vote for him. While I was tickled to see
Jack Kingston disappear, I’m afraid his replacement is not much of an
improvement. In his letter today he
proved himself worthy of the name Republican.
In his letter I received today he actually said, and I quote “…I worry
that people with the same belief as me, that marriage is between one man and
one woman, will be targets for discrimination”.
He goes on to let me know that he and “129 other Bipartisan House
Members” are co-sponsoring H.R. 2802, the “First Amendment Defense Act”. This will prevent the Federal government from
“discriminating against any individual or group based on their beliefs in the
conventional and biblical definition of marriage”.
Yes, you read that right. An act to defend the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States of America.
To refresh our collective memories, this is the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances.” Pretty unambiguous
to me. I think it was, as the rest of
the document, designed to be pretty broad and all-encompassing. Sounds to me like it pretty much covers
anyone believing anything at any time which I think just might include those
set-upon traditionally married folks.
I suppose I will answer my Congressman who
also tells me what an honor it is to serve the First District of Georgia. I suppose I should be glad he’s not Donald
Trump. Or Bill Cosby. Or a lion-killing dentist. On the other hand, he’s a member of Congress
who doesn’t respect the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
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