Christian Or Not?

"I want you to tell me if you're a Christian or not."

"I think I am," responded the commissioner.

Picture this.  The commissioners room in a western North Carolina county.  The first amendment to the United States Constitution apparently doesn't matter here.

This same commissioner who should have explained the First Amendment to the taxpayer's question is the same commissioner who was ordered in 2017 by a Superior Court judge to pay his contractors $39, 581.34.  Yes, this is the very same commissioner who, I believe, failed to disclose this nasty little problem.  The chair of the commission kept silent.

Pardon the digression.  It adds a pattern to the current issue.  A pattern not just in this particular commissioner, but to the attitude that sits on the bench in this county.

The current issue is about the Brunch Bill.  The bill is a measure to allow alcohol sales at restaurants at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

It appears the zealot religious folks turned out in numbers against a sole restaurateur in favor of this bill.  The opposition even claimed it was disrespectful to churchgoers to allow the bill to honored in this town. You should know that this bill is subject to local ordinances.  Convenient, isn't it?

Seriously?  This is 2018.  We are seeing a flagrant abuse of our constitution nearly everywhere.  Even the White House seems to be making up their own rules.

"I want you to tell me if you're a Christian or not." What's next?  Lock us up for failure to disclose?  I'll grant you one better.

The ACLU wants you!