Union letters to the editor

Deceptions are being exposed

To the editor:

To me, there’s some great unfoldment ahead for us. The light is getting brighter on earth. And a big part of that process now is breaking up the darkness: our stupidity, the veil pulled over us, and assorted evil. Some examples:

-This “woke/inclusion” nonsense says … “We get to redefine terms, control the discussion, the questions and answers. Anyone who disagrees is hurting our feelings, bullying us… and their free speech, and difference of opinion, is to be excluded. And God, too.”

-The “multi-sexuality” twistedness? Those of us with x-y chromosomes are male; x-x female. Chemical treatments, surgery, etc. won’t change that. Long-term, they result in a life of torment. And foisting gender identification on kids is predatory, and veiled child molestation.

-Abortion? For the rare “save the mother’s life,” OK. But the fetus is a separate body, hosted and fed by the mother. Killing it is, to me, first-degree murder.

-Artificial intelligence? “Fine,” I say, “if you wanna be artificially intelligent, go ahead. Your kind are circling the drain, pal.”

The deception is being exposed. Even the criminals are turning on each other.

For me now, it’s prayer, steady engagement, and speaking truth against the lies. And I ask you readers to take your part in this unfoldment taking place in our daily lives. I also thank and acknowledge The Union for this column supporting our free speech and freedom of the press.

God bless America!

Kevin Keating

Fairfield

Some calls are waste of time

Caller reports. Every time the police log comes out, there are so many caller reports and many of them are for minor problems unrelated to police business. Some seem to be frequent caller repeats as the ones from South Iowa & N. 6th. I didn't realize those were such high crime areas. Are these callers just busybodies, attention seekers who get a thrill to see the police chase shadows or just bored?

This week, a caller reported a hit and run accident at the Kalona Sales Barn parking lot. The deputy responded and found the vehicles belonged to two friends associated with the sale barn. When they inspected their vehicles there was no damage or sign of hitting something on one vehicle and a piece of cracked plastic (less than $10 fix) on the other. This caller forced the deputy to waste more than a half hour responding to a nuisance call instead of attending to his duties. What a waste of his time and taxpayers dollars. The men call the safety center to try to find who this busybody was but were told that since it was on private property they did not have that information available.

It seems this problem could be solved if the callers would be identified. Maybe then law enforcement could focus on real problems they were hired for.

Sara Murphy

Washington

Against state-level restrictions on gender issues

Bills are being crafted and advanced in the Iowa Legislature that seek to regulate certain topics in schools. Personally, I'm against such state laws, and those around LGBTQ issues seem especially harmful.

One example of harm resulting from something that could not be mentioned in schools under such legislation is gender transitioning. There is real potential that some children questioning their gender identity will face rejection or abuse from parents. I heard from an educator recently who very humbly spoke about students who had no one else supportive to talk with about their concerns. Proposed legislation could place such children at risk in their homes and cause educators to fear for their livelihood if they dare to respond to a student reaching out.

Can’t communities deal at a local level with what can and cannot be mentioned in schools? Aren’t faculty and school boards equipped to hammer out how certain sensitive topics are addressed in their schools or districts, and to take into consideration sometimes known family dynamics? Do we really need one-size-fits-all laws at a state level, created by legislators who are not necessarily psychology, child development, or curriculum experts, and who certainly don’t know all of the individuals involved?

I’m letting my Representative and Senator know I’m in favor of compassion, inclusion, and local control and against state-level restrictions on educators and schools.

Eileen Beran

Kalona