Guaranteed

The wind has slowed some, but is still more than a breeze, despite assurances from the weather folks that it will be mild today. And the weather forecast, long range, tells us that we will see some rain next week…in November!

The first bit of news is good for a laugh or two this morning… “President Bush on Thursday will sign a bill authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet the centerpiece of his immigration policy, a guest worker program, remains stalled in Congress.”

What will they call the new wall? Hadrian’s Wall II comes to mind. Or perhaps they could call it the Maginot Line II. Or even the Great Wall of Arizona. It will be just as effective as those named above. Although it will be beneficial in another way; some contractors who love to do government work, (Think Bechtel) will become quite rich while the building of this debacle takes years and years. And thousands of “Change Orders” will be issued, money in the bank for contractors.

And this. “New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state Constitution guaranteed gay couples all the rights and benefits of marriage except one: the word "marriage."

They are right. Except for using the term “gay”. The court ruled that all couples have legal rights. Marriage should be the business of the church and the state should never become involved in it. But they have over the years and now the term “marriage” has more of a secular meaning than a religious one. It should be returned to those of us who are religious.  

In most states, couples who live together…even in a non-sexual way, have no legal rights as a couple and that is plain wrong. It’s not all about sex, it’s about being fair. And those couples should have a legal way of uniting (and disuniting); call it anything you want, but marriage is not the right word. That word belongs to the church.

And then there is this…
“Conceding Missteps, Bush Urges Patience on Iraq
President Bush urged Americans to avoid disillusionment over a war he said was still winnable.” OK, I give. What does winning mean? And how will we know we have won? Will there be a big parade? And why shouldn’t we be disillusioned? We have been lied to during the past 5 years and hundreds of thousands of innocents, including far too many of our own innocents, have died. Where is the positive spin on that?