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To the Editors:
Re: “Franken has the last laugh” (news, July 10)
Keeping expectations in check is one thing; blind cynicism is another. And that’s what was wrong with the front-page article about Al Franken becoming the Democrats’ 60th senator. It is true that 60 members of one party does not make for a true filibuster-proof Senate.
But the Senate is not just simple math. And senators do more than vote. On his fifth and sixth days as a senator, Al Franken demonstrated during the Sonia Sotomayor hearings that he is a smart, politically sensitive, humble and articulate voice with his volume a little louder because of his national profile.
When Sen. Franken uses his voice to advance issues important to our community — and he surely will — we’ll be steps further in attaining our goals. The Blade shouldn’t reduce him to the insecure Stuart Smalley that he played on SNL in his first days when he’s already showed that he’s so much more than that.
ANTHONY GREEN
Washington
To the Editors:
Re: “Marriage opponents lose case” (news, July 3)
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “A just law is man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.” St. Thomas Aquinas said, “An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.” Does one not see that gay “marriage” is an unjust law?
We supporters of traditional marriage don’t want others to redefine marriage for us. The institution of marriage is a sacred union that has been around for thousands of years as a union of man and woman. We will be called “bigots” and “haters” for taking a stand for our faith. Our religious liberty is in jeopardy and we cannot allow gay activists to quiet us by intimidation, as has happened in California.
Our country was built on Judeo-Christian principles. Most, if not all, religions believe that homosexuality is a serious sin and violates the law of nature. Gay activists probably don’t realize that verbal and physical attacks actually bring all religions together, as it has done in California. Catholics, Evangelicals, Mormons and Muslims united to fight this unjust law.
We will continue to fight the attempts of gay activists to redefine marriage for all of us and we do it out of love for God!
MIKE RACHIELE
Pittsfield, Mass.
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