Great ladies always looked out for friend
Guest columnist Sylvia Krebs brought back memories from long ago (“On the bus and moved to ‘get along’ ” (Opinion, May 22). As a 21-year-old in 1953, I transferred from Albany to Atlanta, and moved into a boarding house.
To get to work required a trolley ride to Cain Street, and then a downhill walk for two blocks on Cain Street to catch a city bus for the ride to my office on Piedmont Road.
All the folks on the bus were maids going to their jobs on the Northside. Seats were at a premium for these hardworking ladies. I was young (and the lone white girl), and they always saved a seat for me. And, if I was not at the bus stop, they checked to see if I was running down the hill — and if so, they made the driver wait for me.
It was wonderful to start each day with a busload of great ladies looking out for me, and it is a memory I have always cherished.
Ullainee M. Stokes, Atlanta
Religion should not be forced on anyone
Regarding “Catholic groups sue over Obama mandate” (News, May 22), this lawsuit from Catholic groups is another example of these groups trying to force their religion on others.
The fact that something is made available does not mean it has to be used. Just because contraception is made available doesn’t mean someone of faith has to use it. It does mean that it is available to those who want it.
The Sunday sales law was another example of religion forced on the public. Just because alcohol is available on Sunday doesn’t mean someone of faith has to purchase it.
Religion is a personal choice. It is an odious violation of someone’s rights to have it forced upon them.
Jeff Groenen, Smyrna
Facial features should not be campaign issue
Columnist Mary Sanchez lost her way in her recent editorial defending Massa-chusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (“An honest campaign is what’s truly a minority,” Opinion, May 22.)
She thinks that the campaign has taken a “turn toward the absurd” because the question of whether or not Ms. Warren had Cherokee ancestors has been raised.
“Topic A” is not whether Ms. Warren’s facial features are evidence that she is Native American.
“Topic A” is whether or not Ms. Warren has been dishonest in claiming that she is something that she is not in order to gain whatever esteem a Native American has with one’s liberal friends.
A candidate’s facial features should never be a campaign issue. A candidate’s honesty should always be.
Boyd Lyons, Sandy Springs
