Dear Mr. Mayor,
Thank you for reading this letter, and also for absorbing its contents.
I know well, that you are concerned about the home. The death of Detective Keith Dressel by the hands of a boy has led you to conclude that something needs to be done. And so you are actively drafting legislation that makes parents more accountable.
This week you will ignore, sign or veto a city ordinance allowing for domestic partnerships to be registered legally in our city. Because you are concerned about the family, and because there is societal temptation to sign such an ordinance, at the end of the day Mr. Mayor, how will you reconcile the difference in opinion?
I implore you to take a moment and think about the obvious lost connection that Robert Jobe has to society. Young Mr. Jobe’s problems started in the home, with his parents.
The data that Cherry Street Mission Ministries has documented over the last several years make it clear that 80% of the hundreds of men and women, who arrive at our doors each day, grew up in a broken home. This must be a clarion call for a caring community to come to the aid of the broken family.
It’s clear to me, and to other community leaders, that approval of this ordinance pulls on the string of the already unraveling home and family environment. Will you be a part of that unraveling Mr. Mayor, or will you lead the community in an honest open discussion regarding the family?
Your veto this week Mayor Finkbeiner would at the very least, allow time for the community to convene meetings for the purpose of debate and discussion.
Along with many other community leaders, I urge you to strongly consider a veto regarding the domestic partnership ordinance.
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Rogers
I personally know several leaders of the faith community who wrote this kind of letter and either mailed it or hand delivered it to the Mayor's Office the week of the 20th. We were NOT HEARD - why?? The answer I believe is simple; because we haven't used our voice in the last several years, it seems to be unrecognizable to the Mayor.
It's time we find our voice once more - and perhaps the next time the faith community speaks we'll be heard.
Mayor Finkbeiner - I won't forget this.
Dan Rogers
1 comment:
How is it that history is constantly repeating itself? The degradation of society? The unanswered questions to rather simple statements. I know what I know and that is that local, state and Federal government heads aren't taking up the manvel and saying or doing what needs to be done! It's detestable and the more they give in the worst it will get. A lone voice crying in the wilderness is not heard when those in ear shot turn a deaf ear. It is deaf when lawmakers are doing nothing to stop the demoralization of society. Mr. Finkbeiner has taken the path of those most chosen. Mayor your pen has spoken that of a man who does not fear nor understand what is causing our Nation, the World and Society to fail. Mr. Rogers speaks with knowledge of a Spirit led individual. How valant to stand and make the message known. Mayor you coward before the world, it was then on November 9th that you should have made a stand!
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