Editor:

My wife and I decided to go to the anti-tax tea party at the courthouse April 15 so we could show solidarity with other like-minded people.

It didn’t take long for us to discover the vital mission of saving future generations from bankruptcy was being co-opted by folks with other agendas. One individual I found particularly obnoxious insisted at length that Christians are the only true Americans.

Many of our friends aren’t Christians. But they are firm believers in the constitutional foundation of our republic — which includes the right not to be Christians, if they choose. They are true patriots. Like my wife and me, they want to learn how to stop our downward fiscal spiral.

But getting a political education didn’t seem to be a priority at the courthouse, based on what my wife and I were hearing from the speaker at the time — who showed no signs of running down — or from many in the audience.

We left, figuring we would have gone to a church if we wanted to hear a sermon. We watched the Alamo tea party on the Fox Network later. It was a good show, and valuable.

John Burlage

Bee County