Thanks to Cathy family for a courageous stand
I applaud Dan Cathy and his Chick-fil-A family for their courageous stand in not compromising their faith for the “almighty dollar.”
Why should he have to endorse something which contradicts his faith, just to gain a few customers who choose not to eat at his restaurants because he doesn’t go along with their way of thinking?
Thank you, Mr. Cathy and Chick-fil-A. It is so refreshing to see someone stand firm, and not compromise their faith in the face of these puny threats.
MARY ELLIOTT, MCDONOUGH
Easy access leads to senseless killing
It is time to do something about guns.
No other civilized nation in the world is so saturated with guns as the United States. For some reason, we equate gun ownership with freedom, independence and personal rights.
As long as any Tom, Dick or Harry can get easy access to any kind of gun or assault weapon they want, we will continue to have senseless killings and slaughters like Columbine, the theater massacre in Colorado, the slayings at Fort Hood and Trayvon Martin.
Enough! Guns are not a right in my book — and if you throw the Second Amendment at me, I say, let’s change it.
WILLIAM A. JORDAN, LAWRENCEVILLE
Limit the capacity of ammo magazines
The Colorado shooting tragedy has brought the gun-control cheerleaders out of the woodwork again.
Gun control, with its Second Amendment overtones, is not the answer unless one is content with an unarmed populace at the mercy of armed thugs.
The answer is to limit all ammo magazines to a 10-round capacity (or so). If you can’t solve your problem after firing 10 shots, you had better be a world-class sprinter.
JAY WAGNER, STONE MOUNTAIN
Article made some sexist assumptions
The article about the new Yahoo CEO who happens to be a woman who is also pregnant is inherently sexist (“Pregnant CEO stirs a debate,” Living, July 19).
The article focuses on the question of whether women can “have it all,” with a fulfilling career and home life. Focusing exclusively on working mothers ignores the reality that men also would like to have a fulfilling career and home life. The women in the article clearly have the assumption that women somehow have a greater role in the home.
The idea that women are leaders in the home creates a glass ceiling for both men in the home and women in the workplace. Until there is a balanced discussion regarding work-life balance as an issue for both working fathers and mothers, women will continue to experience a glass ceiling in the workplace.
DR. MARK SHUMATE, ROSWELL
