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In
rights debate, definitions have changed
By KEITH TURNER
Miniser of Education, Harps Crossing Baptist Church
The definitions
have changed!
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Commissioners,
get out of law enforcement
I have read the
recent articles, editorials and letters concerning the debate about
the powers of county marshals with a mixture of amusement and disgust.
Current
debate about gays in church misses point about sin
The current problems
facing the Catholic, Episcopal, and many Protestant churches are indeed
relevant, cancerous, and in serious need of attention and correction.
However, all these problems along with the "personal choice of
homosexuality" are exactly the issues the Church (not the buildings,
but the Body of Christ) is to be concerned about.
Gays
in church: In which testament are you basing your argument?
Eureka! After a
little diligent searching, I found the biblical condemnation of homosexuality.
If you check Leviticus 18:22 it reads: "Thou shalt not lie with
mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination." That same section
of Leviticus has a lot of other good stuff about uncovering various
people's nakedness, which is not referred to as an abomination, until
they're all lumped together at the end as abominations, and you better
not do them or else the land will spew you out.
Reader
confused by race angle in school test scores story
I was confused by
the content of the article ["Fayette schools face scrutiny,"
The Citizen, Aug. 27]. What exactly are the concerns of the AME group?
Best
idea: Let sheriff have 'em
I would first like
to thank Cal Beverly and The Citizen for so quickly and completely informing
Fayette Countians of the situation between Commissioner Dunn and Sheriff
Johnson. It had been my opinion that Mr. Dunn has always had the best
interest of Fayette County as his primary agenda. I have been a strong
supporter of his.
Why
is Commissioner Dunn so defensive?
Grab the Kleenex
for Dunn and commissioners' "cry-fest."
Health
dept. lacks follow-up on possible West Nile cases
I would like to
see a little more concern shown when I call the Fayette County Health
Department, Environmental Health, to report having found two dead birds
in my yard over a period of three days.
You
say it's Sin-noy-ah, I say it's Sen-noy
As an ancestor of
one of the founding settlers of Coweta County the mayor of Senoia is
in error [about the correct pronunciation of Senoia].
Financial
'crisis' due to council's bad decisions
Many citizens may
not be aware of the inconsistency displayed by our current city council.
While publicly vocalizing a budget crisis requiring either employee
layoffs or significant tax increases, they continue to make decisions
as a council that are blatant wastes of money. Some members are talking
about cutting jobs to correct the budget problem, while others take
a more liberal approach and recommend raising our taxes. They blame
a drastic decline in revenues from many sources, but fail to mention
their gross display of superfluous spending as a cause of the problem.
Council's
city manager decision an unwise choice
I am an old man,
not the politically correct euphemistic "senior citizen,"
if being 89 years old would qualify as old, and a veteran of depressions,
World War Two, and the gradual growth of insufferable government.
Add
'No' to council vocabulary
No is obviously
not in the vocabulary of elected PTC officials who vote for unnecessary
expenditures and now, a nice-to-have (?) addition to city hall staff.
No need to repeat questionable items such as a nowhere cart-path bridge
over Ga. Highway 54, a pet park and an endless list spent on low-value-added
legal bills. All while revenues dwindle and the base infrastructure,
like our paths, crumble. Compare these actions versus legitimate businesses
which can't raise revenues (taxes) via a vote.
Stop
backbiting, spendthrift ways
For Peachtree City
Council members, past, present and future, I have two words for you:
Grow up.
Area
football coverage is a joke
The local football
coverage is a joke in this area. I find it pathetic that a local area
newspaper would stand for such anemic coverage of high school football.
Help
raise funds for PTC airshow and playground
I have been extremely
pleased at the record turnouts that we are having at our city council
retreats and our recent budget hearings. There have been times in the
past when I was the only private citizen that attended such meetings.
The questions from the citizens at these meetings have been wonderful.
Congratulations
to winning grads
The SouthSide Pioneers
Track & Field Club is very thankful for the Peachtree City Running
Club's generosity to Matt Harlfinger, Katie Hughes, and Kentavious Wilson
("not pictured").
Encouraged
by marriage column
I was very encouraged
by the religion column this week on marriage. I grew up in a home where
my parents did not always get along. We went through some tough times
as a family, but through it all, they stayed together. They worked on
their problems. Their commitment to each other and to the family was
stronger by God's grace than their selfish desires.
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