I remember when I used to think that "Whistler's Mother" was the parent of a man who whistled. I like the old Broadway song about whistling a happy tune, and "when I fool, the people I fear, I fool myself as well".
I'm a bit intrigued tonight by press reports being quoted on LJ that the Texas comptroller has denied Unitarian Universalists and Ethical Culture folks the status of a "religion". This may inspire me to letter writing, and, indeed, to actual consternation. The theory is that creedless faiths must not be faiths at all. How faithless politicians can be!
Maybe I'll whistle "This Land is Your Land". I do get bored of religious intolerance, as well as intolerance by religionists. For that matter, I get bored by anti-religious intolerance as well. I am intolerant of all that intolerance, as the cliche goes. Already, the Methodists to whom I've returned have dismayed me by appeasing their right wing by moving a step backward on the tolerance of sexual orientation issues. Now, the local state government wants to apply content tests to religious beliefs. It's enough to make me want to be a bit more activist than I am. But first I must seek out the first hand facts. That's a chore for the weekend, perhaps. I'll whistle while I work out the answers.
Quick edit: It turns out that the Comptroller has already lost the battle as to Ethical Culture. Carole Keeton Strayhorn, in her Official Capacity as Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Ethical Society of Austin, f/k/a Ethical Culture Fellowship of Austin, 110 S.W.3d 458 (Tex. App. Austin 2003, petition den.). I cannot believe that she fought this issue, but I am not surprised at all that she lost.