Pubdate: Mon, 11 Jan 2010
Source: Bakersfield Californian, The (CA)
Copyright: 2010 The Bakersfield Californian
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Author: Gerald M. Sutliff

HYPOCRISY TROUBLING

I liked Mike Miller's Dec. 30 Community Voices article,  "America's
polarized camps need to stop pretending and  bow to certain truths."
We should all take a deep  breath and resolve for the new year to ban
hypocrisy  from our thinking.

Even though, like most people, I find the "abortion  issue" vexing and
deeply disturbing, I've never ceased  to be amazed how
anti-abortionists mightily resist  contraception education and the
availability of the  necessary medications/devices. There's the one
place  where there's an opportunity to compromise.

Also, I was disappointed that Miller failed to mention  our propensity
to consume alcoholic beverages while  opposing legalization of marijuana.

GERALD M. SUTLIFF

Bakersfield
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