Tuesday

Bullets

Have you heard Michigan's slogan? "Pure Michigan." It's never struck me as anything special, but I guess it's been so successful that other states are trying to come up with their own "Pure Michigan" type slogan. Branding Ohio. * * * * * * * It reminds me of the origination of Tommy James' "Mony Mony." He was struck by how successful The McCoys were with "Hang on Sloopy," and wanted to come up with a song that featured a novel girl name. He looked out his New York hotel and saw the Mutual of New York building with its mark "MONY." He knew he had his novel girl's name. * * * * * * * Sorry I didn't weigh in on Indiana's religious freedom law. As a blogging lawyer licensed in Indiana, I would've been uniquely situated to do so, but it was Holy Week and other pressing matters diverted my attention. Suffice it to say, I haven't read the law yet, but from what I can tell, it gives businesses the right to deny services to gays if such a service would require the business to compromise its religious values. So, a Christian grocer wouldn't have much of a basis to deny homosexuals fruit, but a Christian photographer couldn't be forced to attend a gay wedding. It strikes me as more than reasonable, but again, I haven't looked into it more than catching snippets here and there. * * * * * * * If you're looking for a fun parochial school project, check out this short Ark of the Covenant human-interest story.