The Duke must go

There’s been a bit of a furor stirred up about Duke McDonald, the gentleman in the City Attorney’s office who has publicly condemned homosexuality. The mudslinging has begun in earnest and I don’t want to add overly to the whole mess.

The bottom line remains, however, that in this country our word of law states that church and state are separate. If Mr. McDonald cannot separate his religious beliefs from his public defender job, he has no business serving in that position and should hang up his shingle in private practice where he’s free to turn away all the business he wants to.

The girlfriend and I had a long discussion and came to the same conclusion: it’s downright dangerous for someone such as McDonald to remain at his post. Imagine either of the following scenarios: a gay man is accused of a murder he did not commit. The public defender does a half-assed job and Mr. Gay is put to death under Missouri law. Worse yet, a serial killer goes on a killing spree and kills ten people. Then, when he gets the same public defender (despite being straight as an arrow) is able to get his case thrown out on the basis of being unable to get a fair trial because he’s being discriminated against for being a homo.

Those two scenarios could easily occur. And, Mr. McDonald, I don’t think God would be very happy with you if you allowed either of those things come to pass.

I hate to admit this, but I believe Roger Ray’s column pretty much states how I feel about the whole religion/sexual orientation debate.

I merely make mention of this whole debacle for two reasons:

1. We as a community need to be aware that sentiment is out there.
2. To point out that I take comfort in the fact that God’s love is greater than Duke McDonald’s hate.

In the end, what folks like McDonald have lost sight of is that God loves us all as we are no matter who we are. God doesn’t hate or discriminate. It’s very sad some of His allegedly most ardent followers can’t grasp that concept.

Just a little food for thought.