May 02, 2008
Abridged Daily News Columnists
Christine Flowers: Okay, this column is about gay marriage and Flowers doesn't like it because the Bible says so and blah, blah, blah. But she actually makes some decent points earlier in the column about arrogance -- I guess that's what I'll call it -- even though they're framed in typical annoying Flowers-speak. It's been a while since Flowers wrote a column that wasn't 100 percent nonsensical. What a weird day.
Elmer Smith: Hey, here's more on prison overcrowding. Nice column, actually. And, look, the deputy mayor sounds awesome! "We do not want to spend money locking up people who are nonviolent just to perpetuate the illusion that that this will make us safer."
Jill Porter: Joey Vento, Rev. Wright, "sickness of the soul." FAIL.
Posted by D-Mac on May 2, 2008 03:16 PM
Posted to Christine Flowers
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, Elmer Smith
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Comments
This column was not so much about gay marriage as about how Philly based pols think about the rest of the state and its lawmakers. Fumo did use excessive language to describe his feelings about the law and maybe did not care how it sounded because he is going away soon.
Posted by: V. Mentis at May 3, 2008 02:18 AM
Would tend to agree on the Flowers column. It seems a lot of people view marriage laws as an extension of their religious views, or maybe think government only represents them, or whatever. It's a bit of a wrong-headed view, given how our government works, but I also don't think the vast majority of them "hate gays," and they definitely aren't going to change how they view the issue after being compared to nazis and slave owners.
Posted by: 207 at May 2, 2008 07:12 PM