Where’s the straight-up honest liquor?
After reading Beth McKibbens article on the fine art of drinking, I had to get an insulin shot.
What’s up with all the sweetness? Honey, sweet vermouth, red wine syrup, pineapple, Campari, etc … and even umbrellas in the drinks — a world I no longer understand. What’s the matter, Atlanta? Doesn’t anyone drink anymore? It was like getting flogged to death with cotton balls. No, thanks. I’ll stick with straight-up, honest liquor over ice.
MIKE WOODLIFF, HOLLY SPRINGS
Religious liberty bills a waste of money
Oh no! Not again! What a waste of taxpayers money to bring up still another religious liberty bill. Whose liberty are we talking about anyhow? Our Pledge of Allegiance requires us to support “liberty for all,” but I doubt our legislators really want that. If every religion practiced in Atlanta placed religious exhibits on government property, our state capital would begin to look like the county dump.
In this country, we can have as many religions as we please, but we can have only one government. Those who believe that Christianity is under threat have been suckered into believing that despite the plethora of churches in every state of the union. A certain group of billionaires — starting with the Koch family — who believe themselves to be overtaxed, have organized to oppose government-funded social programs. They began their opposition by working through fundamentalist Christian groups because religion is our only institution without checks and balances. Propaganda that circulates through a public forum is subject to challenge and debate. Propaganda circulating within churches is not.
Roger Williams, founder of the Baptist church, supported separation of church and state because he said government spoiled religion and religion spoiled government. Thomas Jefferson supported it because he said it would “weaken truth, which fares best in contest with error.”
Once we recognize an error, why bring it up again?
MARGARET CURTIS, ATLANTA
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