Dumb and Dumber

Dayton, Tennessee and Dalton, Georgia are about 50 miles apart geographically. Phiosophically they are becoming "sister cities." Dayton is the place where the "Scopes Monkey Trial" was held more than half a centuary ago. Two years ago the city council passed a measure banning homosexuals from the community. The nation is still laughing at them. Last year at a "Gay Pride Rally" held there dozens of concerned "God Squad" members showed up with their bibles and their bull-horns to show their disdain for the sinning attendees. In Dalton the city council held a public meeting the other day concerning the Islamic Center's request to build a new and larger place on a larger tract of land. An over flow crowd filled the council chambers to express their outrage. The reasons for denying the Center's request were priceless. "I drive down that road and I don't want to experience another 9/11 there." "This country is God-fearing and we don't want those people here." Ad nausea. So folks, fear not - ignorance, predudice and bigotry are alive and well in the heart of America.