According to today's Strib, Mary Jo Copeland was turned down for a zoning change to build an orphanage in Brooklyn Center. I think she'll be back at city hall now, to get space out of Minneapolis. She won the battle to get Sharing and Caring hands downtown, but it sits under the garbage burner so everyone using it can suck up a little heavy metal rain from the burner when they use the shelter. I'm solidly opposed to orphanages because they teach kids how to operate in institutions, rather than presenting them with a family situation to work from when they grow up. My mother, my aunt and two uncles grew up in an orphanage and they never quite grasped "family" in a way helpful to themselves or to creating a healthy family structure. I asking people to keep a sharp eye out for Mary Jo's orphanage proposal. She also stated that the orphanage should go to Brooklyn Center because, "God wants it there and his Holy Mother wants it there." That's a Pat Robertson ploy, but reminds me that 'the Cabots speak only to Lodges and the Lodges speak only to God." Scarey stuff, scarey people talk that way. WMarks, Central
