Well, fellow Floridians, we may not know how to run an election, we have Rick Scott, Katherine Harris, the Koran-burning preacher, the Treyvon Martin case, and Jeffrey Loria, but we can thank our lucky stars for one thing: at least we're not Mississippi.
You've no doubt heard that the mighty Mississippi Government became the last state to officially ratify the 13th amendment earlier this month (Interestingly, after an Indian immigrant saw the film Lincoln and looked it up.) Yes, it was a clerical mistake over something that doesn't make a practical difference, but still; 1995 when the legislature finally abolishes slavery? And then they forget to file the paperwork?
Well, on the heels of that, there's this stunning news. Yes, a community newspaper gets enough hate mail, calls, e-mail etc. for filing a news story on the county's first lesbian wedding (that isn't even recognized by law,) that the editor feels compelled to defend it. The wedding, incidentally, was between a woman and her partner who is undergoing treatment for cancer that may be terminal. I'll let the editor of the Laurel Leader-Call say what I think is the takeaway from this:
"We have stories about child molesters, murders and all kinds of vicious, barbaric acts of evil committed by heinous criminals on our front page and yet we never receive a call from anyone saying 'I don't need my children reading this.' Never. Ever. However, a story about two women exchanging marriage vows and we get swamped with people worried about their children."Stay classy MS! Stay classy!
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