Paternalistic party
Oh, that paternalistic old party. Pop is so concerned about protecting his girls that he keeps them barefoot and pregnant. He limits their access to health care while he eliminates them from the work force. Thanks, Pop!
He wants to protect the sanctity of marriage through legislation while he exercises his infidelity from airport bathrooms to Argentine hotels. Oh, Pop! He continues to buy shotguns for his arsenal in the basement even as water seeps in through crumbling walls. Stop, Pop!
Pop has been confused and not very well of late. His mailbox is filled with dividend checks, but he forgets to pay Carmela for washing his linens and Catfish for fixing his car. He talks about the good old days when Maya Angelou had her own drinking fountain and we added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance under the watchful eye of Sen. Joseph McCarthy to keep us safe.
Pop's longing for the return of these halcyon days is disturbing. We can't get Pop to take his meds or pay his taxes, and he is obsessed with how we love and where we worship.
I pray that he will realize that the great fellowship of love welcomes him, but not his guns or his hate.
CARLOS MIR
Winston-Salem
True diversity
According to the writer of the sarcastically toned Feb. 16 letter "Diversity," having an imam at Wake Forest University means that the school has "embraced" Islam. I guess the fact that there are Christian ministers working on campus means it has also "embraced" Christianity. Or maybe Wake Forest truly embraces diversity and freedom.
That reasoning may escape the letter writer, though. It seems there's a minor strain of Christianity that fails to understand the concept of fairness and equality. It seems to teach that all Christians are equal and should be treated fairly — but anyone else? They're equally to be treated unfairly.
I couldn't help but notice, in the same edition, the story "Interracial marriage in U.S. hits new high." It's a strange juxtaposition, arriving just after the Conservative Political Action Conference, which featured presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich — and right-wing white-nationalist militants Robert Vandervoort and Peter Brimelow.
America is diverse. The American mainstream is diverse. Just who is out of step with the American mainstream?
JAMES T. FULLER
Winston-Salem
'Religious freedom'
This notion that President Obama's decision to have insurance companies offer free contraceptives is taking away people's "religious freedom" makes a good propaganda point for the Republicans, but it's a bunch of hogwash. Just because insurance companies offer free contraceptives doesn't mean that anyone has to take them. It's up to the individuals.
It sounds to me like conservatives would like a "big government" intervention so that Americans won't make choices they disagree with.
MACK FERGUSON
Winston-Salem
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