That brings up Michigan lawmakers. In their infinite wisdom this week, Lansing's scant wits chatted up a law banning guns from houses of worship. The measure rings silly and empty, a squandering of intellectual capital, assuming there's any left since the retirements of former Gov. William Milliken and former Speaker Bill Ryan. Sure, the church measure might pass. But it means nothing.
Silly laws breed contempt for meaningful laws and for the process.
In some faiths, contempt and disrespect are dangerously close to sin. And that brings the topic right back to hell. George Bullard is Detroit News religion writer.