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September 28, 2005
Interesting letter to the editor
Written to the Billings Gazette in Montana:
People forgetting that laws apply to everyoneThe Pentagon has recently barred military officers from testifying about a classified intelligence program called "Able Danger." American citizens can be held indefinitely without cause as part of the Patriot Act.
And Arnold has switched from the Republican mantra of slamming "activist judges" who are not in lockstep with legislative bodies by saying that the gay marriage bill passed by the California Legislature is now a matter that should be decided by the courts!
The United States has always held its head high in the world as a nation that is governed by laws. We have always portrayed the belief that no one is above the law, but, given recent events, it seems that we are slowly blurring, even erasing, the lines that were drawn by our founding fathers to separate governance by law from governance by political whim.
Unfortunately, once those lines disappear or become completely distorted, we may never be able to redraw them. At what point will Americans start paying attention? At what point will we demand that our laws apply to everyone, whether or not they may share our own political or religious affiliation?
Rod Gottula
Shepherd
Posted by Mike at September 28, 2005 08:33 AM
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