" I can't keep up with what's been going on...I guess my heart must just be slowing down"- Jackson Browne
We are 'friends' with Saudi Arabia, a culture which until very recently put women in jail for driving a car (read the above book for details on that repressive society), and in Alabama many voters would rather put a borderline pedophile in power than 'lose' an election to a Democrat. There seems to be a lack of moral compass among those voters that resembles the thinking that had the south supporting slavery. Meanwhile our Supreme Court is debating whether a bake shop owner has the 'religious' right to deny baking a cake for a gay couple. The baker sincerely believes that his interpretation of 'religious freedom' is correct, but I wonder if he asks his other clients whether they beat their wives or children before he serves them. Does his religion not disapprove of those acts at least as fervently as homosexuality? In my experience, a true religion embraces LOVE and unity and equality, not rejection and separation and inequality.
On a positive note there seems to be a revolution of sorts going on regarding the sexual harassment of women. Perhaps the momentum can translate into genuine change whereby women are paid and promoted the same as men, but I think it will require more women in power to balance those scales.
Meanwhile our president continues to shake things up simply because he Can. I am waiting for World War III on his watch, and wonder if evangelicals and other supporters will welcome war simply because Trump says it is necessary. His crude style seems to appeal to them regardless of the consequences, although I hope they realize that there will be nowhere to hide if nuclear war comes.
POSTSCRIPT: Alabama voters decided to remain in the civilized world by rejecting Roy Moore.
