Veto was good business decision
Kudos to Gov. Nathan Deal for vetoing the “religious liberty” bill. It’s a good business decision for the state of Georgia, and it doesn’t change the status quo about who marries whom. Not one of the pastors and priests I know has ever married a couple because he or she felt compelled. Rather, the clergy usually meets with the couple before marriage and decides whether they should in his/her opinion be married. If the minister believes they shouldn’t, he/she can refuse to marry them, and that’s the end of it. Nothing forces the clergy to marry a couple that does not meet his/her criteria for marriage. Thank you, Gov. Deal, for having the courage to do what’s best for Georgia and for refusing to be drawn into such an inane controversy.
NEVA CORBIN, DECATUR
Writer sounds like ‘living Constitution’
The letter writer of (“Deal made right decision on veto,” Readers Write, Mar. 30), wittingly or not, hit the nail on the head regarding Gov. Deal’s “religious freedom” bill veto when he said, “The courts have determined which way we are headed.” The courts’ edicts are prompting people of faith to re-evaluate their Constitutional protections once thought sacrosanct and react legislatively to shore up their perilous religious rights.
The writer’s comment dovetails with Deal’s earlier “sermon” telling Republicans to take a deep breath and “realize the world is changing around us.” Despite attempting to cloak his objections to the bill in Christianity, I’m pretty sure Deal wasn’t quoting Jesus in that comment. And both gentlemen’s comments sound eerily like the left’s ‘living Constitution’ — one that can’t possibly mean what it meant when drafted, so reinterpretation is needed to match the left’s current desires. Hmmm. The Bible is a lot older than the Constitution, so one can only imagine how ‘out of date’ it is!
GREGORY MARSHALL, MARIETTA
