In Case You Wondered 

   What any religious tradition ascribes as God's will is no concern of this Congress. So said Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.  He was responding to a Florida congressman opposed to the Equality Act which would make it illegal to discriminate against homosexual and transgender individuals. 

   The congressman had quoted Rev. Tony Evans, who wrote in a Bible commentary: Whenever a nation's laws no longer reflect the standards of God, that nation is in rebellion against Him and will inevitably bear the consequences. 

Not OK ... in his district

   Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said, You just can't say, 'Yeah, yeah, let everybody in,' because then we're affected down there at the border. 

   Cuellar, you may have seen on TV, released early pictures of kids in cages on the border, making it more difficult for his party to hide the "crisis." Apparently he doesn't appease pro-immigration groups.

   What do you think? Would he speak up if the trouble was occurring only in someone else's district? 

Methodists split 

   The United Methodist Church split over differences regarding same-sex unions and gay and lesbian clergy. The new, conservative alternative is called the Global Methodist Church. 

   We grew up a Methodist when our post-war town had something to offer everyone, and our church was always full. There was God and there were men and women and boys and girls. That's it. 

   Other churches were well attended also, including Catholic, but this kid thought Methodists were the Goldilocks choice - not too hot, not too cold. Just right. 

         Jimmy