September 13, 2016 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, September 13
Good morning! I hope you don’t get pneumonia – but if you do, I hope no one minds if you take the day off work.
- The New York Times maps gay marriage in America.
- The Economist finds a correlation between beer and heathens.
- Ohio University is returning Roger Ailes’ donation.
- I’ve never been accused of uptalking, so fuhgeddaboudit, you biathches, and focus on either your moobs or your bracketology. YOLO!
- Hartsfield-Jackson is still number one!
- What it’s like to be a minority in Norcross.
- P.S. This is a fascinating article and if you only click on one of these links, it should be this one.
- Honeywell joins its Fortune 500 list-mates in announcing a headquarters in midtown Atlanta.
- Savannah mourns Lady Chablis as only Savannah can.
- Backstory on the agreements that Gas South has with DeKalb County, among several other Georgia jurisdictions.
- This weekend, we took the kids to see In The Heights, a joint production of the Aurora Theater in Gwinnett, and Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit. It’s a great show – and a fun fact is that one of the leading roles is played by an actor who is also the chair of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.
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Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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“I want to take care of our people. I don’t want to take care of Mexico’s people who are here illegally,” said state Senator Renee Unterman, whose district is close to Norcross, during the contentious legislative debate. “I’m not spewing hate. I’m just talking about reality.”
So I guess in Senator Unterman’s bible it reads, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress, unless they happen to be different than you.”
You do know its possible to care for widows and orphans and enforce immigration law at the same time, don’t you?
it’s also possible for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. did i get that right? bc deportation without alternative or appurtenant support doesn’t seem much like caring.
The law is what it is. If you’d like to talk about changing it, then we can do that until the moderators stop us, but it is possible to deport people with care and consideration for families. What shouldn’t be an option is a half-hearted, unfair application of immigration law that only leads to confusion and heartache.
Also, deportation is only a small part of the immigration issue. The entire process of immigration probably needs an overhaul.
Who would Jesus deport, Blake?
Weren’t Joseph and Mary illegal immigrants?
I will take you seriously if you can show me which immigration statute Joseph and Mary violated in Ancient Egypt’s code.
Actually Sen. Unterman’s Bible doesn’t contain the New Testament. Regardless, her district does not include Norcross or a very high percentage of Hispanics so her comments’ relevancy to the article is at best tenuous. Her real constituency is Amerigroup.
Maybe now Dr. Drew can get his job back at CNN since being fired for bringing up Hill’s potential health issues?
NCAA to relocate 7 Championships from state of NC in 2016/2017
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-relocate-championships-north-carolina-2016-17
The board stressed that the dynamic in North Carolina is different from that of other states because of at least four specific factors:
North Carolina laws invalidate any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a purpose to prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.
North Carolina has the only statewide law that makes it unlawful to use a restroom different from the gender on one’s birth certificate, regardless of gender identity.
North Carolina law provides legal protections for government officials to refuse services to the LGBT community.
Five states plus numerous cities prohibit travel to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff. These states are New York, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont and Connecticut.
“As representatives of all three divisions, the Board of Governors must advance college sports through policies that resolve core issues affecting student-athletes and administrators,” said G.P. “Bud” Peterson, Board of Governors chair and Georgia Institute of Technology president. “This decision is consistent with the NCAA’s long-standing core values of inclusion, student-athlete well-being and creating a culture of fairness.”
Et tu, Secretary Kerry?
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/12/exclusive-john-kerrys-state-department-funneled-millions-to-his-daughters-nonprofit/
Yeah, I guess it would have been better if it was a for-profit.
To quote the great Keith Jackson, “Whoa, Nellie!” LOL!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/husband-puts-whining-wife-up-for-sale-on-ebay-121703760.html