Tidbits

Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General, has decided to fight a judge’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage in his state. According to the New York Times, “Mr. McDaniel, a Democrat, said he supported same-sex marriage but has vowed to continue defending the ban because he believes it is his duty to do so.”  Hmm, the name seems Irish, but I wonder if he’s from Good German stock.
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I wrote recently about A1 Toyota’s fall from grace, at least in our eyes. Since that post we received the following email, more than five months after picking up the new Prius:

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If you missed it, check out Frank Bruni’s excellent Times piece, Lessons in Catholic Judgment, from the May 11, 2014, issue. He takes on the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati as they attempt to force their 2,000 employees to sign a new contract that spells out how they are supposed to behave. In truth, the only behavior the Ohio church cares about is sexual behavior. While Pope Francis preaches tolerance the diehards in America’s Catholic hierarchy continue to harp on the same tired sexual ethics they harped on fifty years ago -- when someone might have cared.

The church has emphasized sexual morality to the exclusion of any other kind. What is it with these frustrated, constipated old fossils?
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From North Carolina comes word that at a candidate’s debate last month all four Republicans running for Congress denied the existence of climate change. Yes, I said last month, not last century. The don’t-confuse-me-with-the-facts attitude of so many Republicans in this country is mind-boggling. It is also sad, stupid, shortsighted and dangerous.