Ken O’Brien
The following letter appeared in today’s Southbridge Evening News:
To the Editor:
OK, Mr. Steeves, I hear you ranting.
I hear you loud, but not clear.
You have written two editorials within the last week that make loud and inflammatory statements. I am a dedicated local guy. I am trying to help the community in whatever way I can. People know me and know what kind of a citizen I am. I am also a devout Christian. I would love to address your concerns and misconceptions, but frankly I’m not wholly sure what they are.
Please use your next editorial to explain, in better detail, what it is that you believe is the problem with this being a Christian nation — which, by the way, is exactly what our founding fathers established us to be.
You are absolutely right that any religion that is used to coerce, manipulate and otherwise hinder freedom(s) is wrong.
However, truth is truth. The truth must be acknowledged and adhered to, without overstepping boundaries of compassion, mercy, justice and inalienable rights. Please give me some examples, specifics, of this oppression and manipulation you vaguely refer to and I will gladly discuss them with you.
Bob Chernisky
As one who is becoming tired of the interminable injection of religion into politics at all levels, I could not resist the need to respond.
