Just what are we "protecting?"
The swords have rattled once again in the US Senate over the “Marriage protection amendment.” In yet another election-year ploy, Republican leaders have pushed an amendment to the US Constitution into...
View Article"God, I hope we win!"
Election Day. I always get a charge when I watch the numbers roll in after the candidates have spent vast time and money to convince voters to push a single button on their behalf. I spent Thursday...
View ArticleShameful, indeed!
I was recently looking at the fast-growing list of candidates for the City Mayor of Clarksville for this year’s election. One of the names surprised me because of a letter to the editor that the same...
View ArticleVote No on 1 campaign starts in Clarksville
This November, we have been given the choice of whether or not we’re going to change the Tennessee constitution to define marriage as being an “historical institution between one man and one woman.”...
View ArticleBreaking down the Arguments against Gay Marriage
This column is presented as it was published in The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville TN, July 25, 2004. I’m reposting this here for the benefit of all of my “Piccolo” readers. Enjoy! The Case for Equal...
View ArticleCan Democrats sell themselves this year?
Well, here it is another election season, and I’ve had my ear to the rail for a while; listening– hoping– praying– that the Democrats would begin to realize why they simply can not gain ground in...
View ArticleThe dust settles…
Election Day has come and gone. Thank God. The smoke has cleared for the most part locally, leaving few surprises. Tennessee joined the ranks of states that have written discrimination into its...
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