Republicans, evangelicals want to turn back the clock

Pastor David Whitney said our rights come from God, not the government, and even if he only said it once in three hours, it requires a reply ("Church-state objections to class," Feb. 24).

There is no evidence for God, so any rights attributed to be from him are strictly man-made. Maryland has had four constitutions, but it seems Mr. Whitney thinks nothing has occurred here in the last 250 years.

We've gone from a colony ruled by a king claiming a God-given right to rule, to a state in a country that gave blacks and women their freedom and the right to vote. We will not let Republicans or evangelicals turn back the clock.

Theodore Carl Houk