COLUMN: Personal attack unwarranted

Did not Kathleen Peterson have the right to express her beliefs, based on the First Amendment, without a condescending personal attack by someone who did not respect her feelings just as he had the right to express his beliefs based on the Second Amendment? I am so very weary of the attitude of people who will vilify another person simply because of a difference in opinion or beliefs. It is time for everyone to show respect for each other and give thanks that we live in a country where we can have a differing opinion without fear of imprisonment or worse.

MERIBETH NISSEN

Coeur d’Alene