A friend of mine who happens to be a lawyer and a 7th day Adventist elder
invited me and a few other attorneys to speak to the congregation last evening
He spoke well and so did the pastor and the pastor got more than a few amens from me as he spoke about how the government is not our friend
The congregation was 100% black from many different countries but mostly Jamaicans
Many of the elders and members
I have known for decades as the church is next door to my office
My topic was why you need a will, health care proxy and living will
I got lots of AMENS and fielded a lot of great questions
and enjoyed speaking about a topic that is important
The reason I am posting was I heard this one attorney speak as his topic was immigration
He went on about how great Obama is trying to fix the immigration problem and congress is so terrible while attacking those states who are republican and thought it was nervy of texas and arizona to want to stop people walking in The congregation was only interested in how to help families stay together and it became shortly obvious his view was not shared as he got not one AMEN during his 20 minutes at the mike.
I would never refer a client to such a person and my wife agreed with me as I had brought her with me so we could go out for a great dinner afterwards in Yonkers. In fact it was pretty funny as I was introduced as a friend who is Jewish and who had helped mentor him (I mentored many attorneys over the years) and who has ONE wife. Bonnie laughed at that one.
There is certainly a disconnect within this country whether it is SCOTUS itself usurping the states or
congress not being able to find its A$$ with both hands.
We all agreed that we need to pray for our country
I dont have the answers but I know a lot of the questions
