Seriously, it’s a legitimate prayer. Dear Lord and every other deity known to humankind, can’t you just do the right thing and provide the Center for Arizona Policy some type of hole to crawl in? Perhaps one of those sink holes made from our destructive water practices? That would be perfect.
But maybe it would be better if you just paid her a visit, you know, one of those visions that folks over the years have said they’ve been given by you. I’ve never had one, but CAP’s director is a self-proclaimed religious Christian, so I assume she believes these are possible – so make it happen.
Herrod’s group issued a letter, written by Josh Kredit, their Legislative Counsel, to the Bisbee City Council, which I’m sure was waiting to hear her take on things. A summary: It would be unconstitutional for Bisbee to issue certificates, it’ll get really expensive because someone will take Bisbee to court (likely CAP), and Bisbee will be surely engulfed in holy flames resulting from God’s wrath at their collective iniquity. The last part was more implied than actually stated.
The vision: Stay out of Bisbee’s business and focus on your own wack-a-doodle world, Cathi. You must have some long-neglected personal problems that need your attention. Get working on that, instead of continuing to make Arizona look like the place where all crazies come to live and die.
That would just be perfect.
Oh, and while I’m at it, please do what you can to help the Bisbee City Council do what’s right in their vote tonight, and yes, as you and I know, it’s legally recognizing civil unions, not being scared of crazy-land threats and having the guts to take them on if they come after them.
BISBEE — A conservative Christian advocacy group says a former mining community-turned-artists’ haven in rural southern Arizona can’t legally recognize civil unions that would include same-sex couples.
A letter from the Phoenix-based Center for Arizona Policy says an ordinance scheduled for a Tuesday night vote by the Bisbee City Council would violate the Arizona Constitution’s ban on same-sex marriage, and would be the subject of a costly legal fight.
If approved, the ordinance would make Bisbee the Arizona city to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, giving them the same rights in the city as married couples. The ordinance is reportedly more comprehensive than a Tucson measure enacted in 2003 that recognizes domestic partnerships.
Bisbee City Attorney John MacKinnon has said the ordinance’s approval would mean people in civil unions would be considered spouses in such matters as property ownership and guardianship in cases of illness.
This article appears in Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2013.
Thank you for this story. I had no idea that Arizona had any policy what-so-ever, much less that there is a CENTER for Az policy, like, who knew? So now I know STUPID is a policy, not just some happenstance. Go Herrod!
PS. If I were a Christian and my name was Herrod, I would be down at the court house, changing that name. Jus’ say’n.
Tucson Weekly reporting is VULGAR. Symptomatic of the inability to express oneself using the richness of the English Language without the use of profanity and vulgar expressions. Such reporting is aimed at the lowest common denominator “reader” in Tucson.
Francis – Sorry, but if there’s one thing I pride myself in, is being a newspaper person who embraces the lowest common denominator. Once in a while, you should embrace it yourself. There’s some good people down here.
Mari: You can embrace the lowest common denominator reader, and uplift as well, by holding yourself to a higher standard of reporting. The English Language is rich in expression without the use of gutter language, which I contend, has NO place in a Community Newspaper.
Mari, it’s quite OK to say “God” in the headline. Make sure He is getting the message!
Especially since you used the F word in the same hed.
God would probably find the headline wording to be only mildly offensive when compared to the modern existence of an advocacy group dedicated to denial or destruction equal treatment under the law. Bisbee, tell CAP to zip their sink hole by lifting the ban and adopting ordinances that respect equal civil rights for all Arizonans and citizens of Bisbee.
Francis: Feel free not to read us. This publication (which is still an alternative newsweekly, whatever that means, not a “community newspaper”) is going to use language you might not like when the occasion calls for it. In this case, it most certainly does.
Catrhi Herrod is interested in the sexual acts of others and reproduction of others. Without her connection to the legislature, she’d be just another holier than thou nut.
Amen…
Blah blah rightwing nut job opposes progress, that is not news. However, it’s always nice to have a light on the little cockroaches. That said, if I’m not too much mistaken we’re under the jurisdiction of the 9th circuit court of appeals are we not? And if in fact we are, should prop 8 be struck down, all that will be required is a lawsuit to strike Arizona’s idiotic amendment, thus Bisbee acted much too soon, but certainly not without good reason and certainly in the right direction. Of course I’m no lawyer, perhaps it isn’t that simple.
When Cathi is standing in front of the Pearly Gates, St’ Peter will come out and whisper in her ear
God created everybody……..Bye Bye.