Turning back the tide of bigotry

(My letter to the editor of the Tampa Times)

The letter writer who praised Arizona governor Jan Brewer totally missed the point of her rejection of the bill which allowed businesses to discriminate on religious grounds. 

Brewer should not be praised for rejecting it. The State of Arizona was under attack from numerous large organizations and national businesses which threatened to boycott the state if the bill was signed by the governor. She saw the handwriting on the wall and vetoed the bill, but not because she was against it.

I personally think there is never a reason to praise Jan Brewer on anything after having read many times about her passion for trampling on the human rights of lawful citizens in her state, the same as the trampling’s rightly attributed to Sheriff Arpaio.

The above is my response to another letter to the editor of our newspaper. The writer praised the governor for the wrong thing. The rest of his letter showed his feelings about blatant trampling on civil rights. I especially like his quote from Sinclair Lewis "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped a flag and waving a cross"