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Heritage Village will be asset to area

As a retired Nazareth business owner who remembers the zoning challenge when Moravian Hall Square was built in the mid-1980s, I would respectfully ask those on the Upper Nazareth Planning Commission who oppose the Heritage Village project to reconsider prior to the March 15 meeting, based on these criteria:

As a businessman I understand the need for sensible regulation, but I also understand that when the hoops you have to jump through are on fire, over-regulation can lead to a lot of lost opportunity.

RODNEY APPLEGATE Nazareth

Hypocrisy reigns in debate on birth control

Last week Rush Limbaugh, the thrice-divorced, ex-drug addict that conservatives look to for moral leadership, called a Georgetown Law student a slut on the air. Sandra Fluke had testified in an unofficial House of Representatives hearing about the importance of contraception.

Since then Republicans have been in a snit because the debate isnt about birth control, its about religious freedom. (And the Civil War wasnt about slavery, it was about states rights.) Kathleen Parker waded into this mess to give us her opinion which, judging by her March 3 column, Rush Limbaugh plays unlikely role of uniter, seemed to object to the use of the word slut while pointing out Im not convinced by Flukes premise that her need for contraception is anyone elses responsibility. Allow me to translate: Parker thinks Fluke is a slut.

If Parker had actually listened to Flukes testimony she would have heard about a student who didnt seek treatment for being raped because Georgetown doesnt cover contraception and she would have heard about a woman whod lost one of her ovaries due to a cyst, a condition treatable with hormonal birth control. But then Parker has never been one to advocate for women.

While religious organizations are determined to not pay for contraception because its against their teachings, rest assured that they will continue to cover Viagra. And dont worry, gentlemen, the priests will not double-check to make sure its for procreation purposes only before filling your prescription (wink, wink).

BECKY BARTLETT Upper Nazareth Township

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Heritage Village will create jobs, boost tax revenues; Who's Limbaugh calling a slut? - March 5 letters to the editor