Have to see to believe

I have been to a three-ring circus, seen the geysers at Yellowstone Park and ridden a camel in the shadow of the pyramids, but I have never seen anything like our state Legislature.

The House passed a creationism bill and passed it onto the Senate. I am so excited that our esteemed legislators have discovered what Bible scholars, clergy and churchgoers have pondered over for years.

We women don’t have to worry about our own health anymore because our caring Legislature is on the job. It would appear that those good folks have taken control of our lady parts. We don’t have the option of abortion. We also have to be prudent about where we go for birth control, morning-after pill, or other forms of contraception. Some health-care providers can refuse to honor our purchase of our preferred form of personal care. I do wonder about chastity belts in our future.

Parents will be so relieved that they don’t have to make decisions about their children as to what they learn in school. Bur most importantly, they don’t have to make a decision as to whether their transgender child gets hormones. I can’t imagine what parents and children have to go through to understand and accept a child’s process on the gender issue. And now, the decision of what is best for their children is taken out of their hands.

I suggest that these tireless lawmakers might take time to look at what is happening in Arkansas. We are third in the nation for child food insufficiency in the nation. Could it be possible to spend a minute to look at the staggering poverty and hunger in Arkansas? Perhaps after they invade our privacy, they might actually enact a law to help Arkansas citizens. And all this from a controlling party that believes in small government and personal freedom.

I paraphrase the great, late George Fisher: Hide the women and children. Run for the hills, the Legislature is in town.

GWENNETH PRICE-PICARD Little Rock