The problem with liberals is that they can call anything whatever they like. But conservatives may have to obey other rules, which is the point of my letter.
They call it whatever they want except what it is. Abortion is “a woman’s right to choose.” An illegal immigrant is “an undocumented worker” doing nothing is “leading from behind.”
All important issues with real problems. But it is easier to rename them in politically correct terms,like the cutsy pie sarcastic nonsense such as “Paw-Paws!”
So we have a country that actually wants to remove the terms Mother and Father from their legal code, and Annie Bristow and Kenny Braitman think that it’s just fine (“The law has nothing to do with what we can call our parents,” Oct. 15 Times-News).
Everyone with any perception knows that the homosexual marriage issue is not the end to a problem, but the beginning of an agenda.
Political correctness will not only be a driving force in the deterioration of the esteem of marriage, but is already at destroying the terms Mother and Father. Within 10 years Mother’s Day and Fathers Day will be gone. What kind of world do you want children to emulate ?
Shortly after the law becomes effective it will spawn enumerable lawsuits, educational indoctrination, actuarial anomalies, financial fraud and a cultural confusion for children to fathom.
Of course, Mothers and Fathers will become “‘Traditional’ Mothers and Fathers” or footnoted as traditional Mothers and Fathers. Of course there will be those who will claim “We didn’t want it to go this far! But the genie is out of the bottle!”
What will or would we call Chaz Bono? Mother, Father? or are we restricted by political correctness to discuss the ramifications of his relationship and its impact on marriage, divorce, custody and child care.
I guess transgenderism is next. What happens when two mommies split up because “One mommy became a daddy and my other mommy doesn’t like her anymore?”
Everything is OK except Mother and Father, lets not embody those terms into our culture. We are heading “Forward” off the cliff into the abyss of insanity. Thanks to Obama ! O” Malley and yes Democrats. Their gift to the rest of us will be a culture that is unrecognizable in exchange for their blind and unrelenting ambition.
There could be no greater example of ignorance than Mr. O’Malley’s repulsive argument that gay marriage is for the strengthening and stabilization of the family unit and for the protection of children.
This is totally Orwellian and thoroughly repugnant! Ladies and gentleman we are not playing word games; this action alters our entire futures. The unintended consequences of the misnomer “Marriage Equality” are massive.
Among them is the Fifth Commandment “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
Honor thy Mother and thy Father. ...... not parental units!
Richard Burkhart
Cumberland
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The unintended consequences of this action will be massive
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Maryland has stopped being “The Free State”
I am a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and, last but not least, the National Rifle Association. I am a yearly member of the American Legion.
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Outrageous
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
This amounts to spying on an American news organization — common practice in dictatorships but scary conduct in a democratic system that prizes the public value of an independent watchdog press. -
Save the Bridge Program
Please do not close the Frostburg United Methodist Church Bridge Program. The community and many families need this program. Let me enlighten you about a few things.
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It’s good to be the queens
One of the many nuggets of knowledge that Crash Davis tried to bestow upon Nuke LaLoosh in the movie Bull Durham was that ‘strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they’re fascist.’
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Harper just needs to stop scoring the wall
• Happy birthday, Brooks Robinson. No. 5 will be 76 tomorrow.
Remember, in the words of Gordon Beard, “Brooks Robinson never asked anybody to name a candy bar after him. In Baltimore people name their children after him.” -
Town of Westernport needs a police force and a curfew
Since the consolidation of Bruce and Valley high schools the town of Westernport rapidly deteriorated from what was once a quite respectable community to a community in a decline in residents, and along with that came a collapse in local government due to lack of knowledge and bad decisions that set the town of Westernport back 60 years.
One bad decision was to give up their police force, and with no constant visual law enforcement it has created an open range for drug dealerss, addicts, thieves, drunks and speeding vehicles that choose to ignore our city laws and speed limits and have totally disregard for the safety of the citizens who are on the streets, especially the children who are like deer, you don’t see them until their in front of you. -
Financial gutting will damage school system
I am writing in response to the Allegany County Commissioners’ efforts to cut local education spending to the lowest possible level allowed under state law.
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Cemetery organization plans events to mark Memorial Day
This upcoming Memorial Day marks the 30th anniversary of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization (CHCO).
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Rowley proof of experience breeding opportunity
When Bob Rowley learned of the fund-raising efforts to help provide Fort Hill football player Zac Elbin the opportunity to play in the Down Under Bowl this summer in Australia, it became a mere reflex for him to make a significant contribution on Elbin’s behalf. For while very few area high school football players have followed in his footsteps, Rowley, the former Fort Hill great from the late 1950s, had certainly walked in Elbin’s, having faced similar circumstances following his senior year in high school. And thanks to the support of the community, Rowley says he was able to realize an opportunity of a lifetime.
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Better fix it
The West Virginia Division of Highways should not give up on improving safety at the intersection of U.S. Route 220 and Stoney Run Road in Keyser merely because the intersection does not meet the state’s criteria for a traffic signal.
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Maryland has stopped being “The Free State”
