The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

The saying may be, "Opinions are like assh*les - everyone has one," but in light of the Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling a week and a half ago, it's felt like many on the far-right end of the political spectrum have magically grown a pair of additional assh*les due to all the commentary they've publicly made. Such was the case yet again with a Columbus Dispatch letter-to-the-editor I read the other day, entitled, "Truth should trump courts good intentions," written by Matt Palmer of Bexley. Here's the full letter: "I write in response to the Supreme Court’s decision last Friday to affirm same-sex marriage (Dispatch article, Saturday). From the very beginning, mankind has asserted its independence from what it deems to be unacceptable limits. The very story of Adam and Eve is, of course, our own story, told again and again by every person and by every generation. That story — man’s desire to define himself as he wishes — was told on...