Does this pass for thinking?

Merry Stephens found career success in Bloomburg, Texas. But how her career was terminated has become an election issue in this really small Texas town. The New York Times takes a look at the blowback in Standing Up After Fearing Standing Out.

It's an interesting read, but since this is likely my last posting for a few days, I want you to pay particular attention to the words and actions of the elected officials in this story. In particular, imagine our own elected officials having this conversation:

Michael Shirk, Stephens's lawyer from the Texas State Teachers Association, took depositions from community members, including the school board president, Derous Byers, who was opposed to the effort to fire Stephens.

Byers said in the deposition that another board member, Ronnie Peacock, told him that Stephens "doesn't deserve to work here" because she is a lesbian. In that deposition, Byers recalled Peacock saying: "We're bonded or insured for a million dollars apiece. We ought to fire her and see what happens."

I don't know about you, but I can imagine one or more of our City Council members, particularly from those districts with the lowest ordinal numbering, mouthing these words.