Letter Of The Day

I would like to assure Maxine Bechtel (Oct. 24 letter) that there is no law against strong Christians holding public office. Unfortunately, some see this as an invitation to legislate morality, confusing personal beliefs with public interest.

I find it interesting that Bechtel compared President Bush with Thomas Jefferson. While Jefferson was clear on his views concerning the belief that we are "endowed by [our] Creator with certain inalienable rights," his actions spoke otherwise. At least if one considers the slaves he owned until the day he died as "human."

The justification of that act by claiming it happened in another era fails to acknowledge the abolitionists who knew the practice of slavery to be morally reprehensible even then.

-Scott Warner, West Des Moines.

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