Opinion Line (May 27)

Dear Supreme Court justices: If I am forced to participate in or promote that which is against my sincerely held religious beliefs, then you have taken away my freedom of religion.

A veteran from the Vietnam War era, I watched the movies about other wars on Memorial Day. I was reminded of the terrible cost of war. That’s why I detested the unjust war in Iraq, and I pray that we never have another one like that.

Pathetic: More than 100 homes in my neighborhood, and only six American flags flown on Memorial Day. People have $200 for smartphones, but no money for a flag that honors the men and women who died so that this opinion isn’t written in German or Japanese.

Perhaps Obama can do something about precipitation inequality.

If you put the words “Wichita” and “cheetah” together, you get “Wicheetah.” Thank you, Weather Channel.

It’s amazing how fast Mayor Jeff Longwell solved our water problems.

Since when has it been acceptable for the workers who cut and edge city grass to take up three-fourths of a lane when they are using the blowers and to refuse to move when traffic is in both lanes? This is dangerous for both driver and worker.

Members of the U.S. Congress, Sedgwick County commissioners and Wichita City Council members get paid all the time, even if they don’t do anything. So stop picking on the Kansas legislators.

Kansas, now we know what business welfare looks like.

After volunteering at local soup kitchens serving food to hungry families for several years, my college-educated kids and their peers want to live in a place that is not ground zero in an economic war on the poor. Still wonder why there is a brain drain of young people leaving Kansas?

Editorial cartoonist Richard Crowson would have us believe that Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s real goal is voter intimidation. If you are an eligible voter and vote once per election, you have nothing to fear from Kobach.

You can criticize me as a teacher for having three months off in the summer when you pay the thousands of dollars for continuing education (most summers) and you make sure I don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars out of my own pocket to buy classroom supplies.

It is maddening to make a donation to charities only to receive another request by return mail without a word of thanks. Thank you, KPTS and Kansas Humane Society, for being the exceptions, and for the lovely personal letters of appreciation.

This story was originally published May 26, 2015 at 7:04 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (May 27)."