Catholic challenge to secular vision
I want to thank Christine M. Flowers for her well-articulated column, “We Catholics aren’t having your version of ‘tolerance’” (Opinion, July 19). I immediately identified as one of the “We Catholics” she described: “Catholics who have chosen to mix our academic training with our spiritual formation in one seamless process.” I believe as a member of the Body of Christ, Flowers was defending our faith and the right to stand against “secular visions” that directly conflict with our fundamental church doctrines. While Pope John Paul II affirmed there can be no women in the ministerial priesthood, he lauded female contributions as unique and vital to the Church and society. Flowers should be applauded for adding her voice to the New Evangelization.
JEAN RUGGIERO, JOHNS CREEK
Anti-gay marriage debate pointless
I appreciate your efforts to provide alternative perspectives on current events (“Not good that Heather has two daddies,” Opinion, July 22). However, I think it is very misleading to suggest that Jane M. Orient and her Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a legitimate counterpoint without disclosing their extremely partisan position. Not only is their argument against gay marriage rambling and pointless, their entire perspective on “medicine” is shameful. For example, their organization questions whether HIV causes AIDS and that gay people have a reduced life expectancy. If this is all the anti-gay marriage side has left, then I think it’s time to move on to other topics.
MIKE PERLMUTTER, TUCKER
Businesses lead on climate change
As a business owner and finance professional who also cares about the planet, I was cheered to read “Coca-Cola, UPS join $140 billion climate pledge” (Business, July 28). I have long believed corporations will take the lead on combating climate change, and this further cements that assertion. They get it! And so should we. Local Atlanta companies such as Coca-Cola and UPS are some of the world’s sustainability leaders. But there are dozens of others, too, right here in our state, making such decisions each day. Voluntary actions are important, but putting a price on carbon would create a financial mechanism by which everyone will be encouraged to take action. And if that carbon fee were returned to citizens, it need not be a “new tax,” either. Yes, we can arrest climate change. But only once our elected leaders start to emulate their corporate peers — by showing leadership on this issue.
B. SCOTT SADLER, PRESIDENT/CIO, BOARDWALK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
