Made ridiculous laws

Want an explanation of why the Republicans are passing such a blizzard of ridiculous laws? With their religion centered mostly in their crotch, why wouldn’t they be obsessed with trampling over the LGBT folks? Simply

take a poll of each one, for and on the record. Do they believe that Donald Trump really did win the last election? Put them on the record as to whether they turned on Asa because Asa renounced allegiance to their idol. It seems most Trump admirers feel turning back the social progress to the 1960s would be just fine.

Consider they claim to want small government, personal rights, and selfdetermination. Then note that they put a woman’s uterus under control of the state laws put in force by Republicans. In this same session they’ve taken parental rights concerning transgender kids’ issues away and made uninformed medical rulings contrary to the counsel of medical professionals.

They claim teachers ask them to do such and such, but have no examples to show or names of the teachers. Personal beliefs, religious urges, or wishes of fundamentalist preachers do not supersede Supreme Court rulings. Folks who are supposed to know better are creating Arkansas laws to teach creationism again, even when reminded of the Supreme Court’s ruling it illegal.

All such junk is being enacted with the excuse that maybe Trump’s Supreme Court will overturn established precedent after they cost we taxpayers a king’s ransom in legal fees. Arrogance and ignorance that these elected persons are demonstrating in our name bring us into derision and disrepute—and do you think they care a whit?

KARL HANSEN Hensley