Small-mindedness and HSB 542, HSB 664, and SSB 3115: An open letter to my state legislators
Blogger's note: I decided that I am done just shaking my head when I read the news. I am going shake my head and make my disgust known to the people who need to hear it. This is the email I sent to my state legislators on February 12. Senator McClintock and Representative Golding: Jeff Anderson used the term "small minds" at the public comment period for House Study Bill 542 the other day. ("As United Methodists, we want students to have big brains, not small minds, and we don’t think students are that fragile," he said, per the Cedar Rapids Gazette.) It stuck with me. After reading about HSB 542, HSB 664, and SSB 3115, I think "small minds" perfectly describes what a lot of people in your party have. A couple other words come to mind regarding your party and its agenda as well: bullying, hateful, disrespectful, dismissive, controlling, blind. They apply to HSB 542, HSB 664, and SSB 3115. I think that these are propo...
