Heil Hitler and 3 dead….a hate crime?

MoonHowler

Was Birmingham Sunday, the church bombing in Birmingham in the 60’s where 3 young women were murdered, a hate crime?  Absolutely.

This crime was committed, allegedly, by a former KKK member named Glenn Miller.  He was a frequent flyer in the white supremacist movement.  He will be charged with first degree murder by the state and he will also have some federal charges heaped on him.

What kind of monster does something like this?  He can hate who he wants in his head.  The minute he acts on that hate, he should go to prison.   People living in America should be able to worship how they please without fear of being gunned down or assassinated.

Open Thread……………………………………………Monday, April 14

MoonHowler

cherry treeCan we  finally assume spring is here?  Not so fast.  The temperature is supposed to get down into the high 20’s on Wednesday morning.  That doesn’t feel too spring -like to me.

The cherry trees are finally out.  This past weekend hit all time highs for crowds and garbage overflow.  The picture is one of mine from another year.  None of the men in my house could be talked into going yet.  Even I wouldn’t have gone on a weekend.

Americans love the cherry tree blossoms.  This has not always been the case.  After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the cherry trees, a gift from Japan, were the subject of attack.  Guards had to be posted to ensure the safety of the trees.  See the Smithsonian Magazine for this strange behavior.

 

Keep ’em married!

MoonHowler

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Washingtonpost.com:

For years, social conservatives have been fighting to prevent certain people from getting married. But they’re waging a parallel battle, too: Trying to keep married couples together.

In cooperation with the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage, socially conservative politicians have been quietly trying to make it harder for couples to get divorced. In recent years, lawmakers in more than a dozen states have introduced bills imposing longer waiting periods before a divorce is granted, mandating counseling courses or limiting the reasons  a couple can formally split. States such as Arizona, Louisiana and Utah have already passed such laws, while others such as Oklahoma and Alabama are moving to do so.

If divorces are tougher to obtain, social conservatives argue, fewer marriages will end. And having  more married couples is not just desirable in its own right but is a social good, they say. During his presidential campaign, former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) emphasized finishing high school and getting married as cures for poverty. “If you do those two things, you will be successful economically,” he declared at a 2011 event in Iowa.

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