Five stories that have North Texas talking: what did a Dallas-area man say about his family that generated so much Facebook attention?; NRA isn't happy with folks who carry guns into Texas restaurants; the mad dash for cash in Victory Park went well last night; and more.
A North Texas man made some heartfelt comments about his family, which has generated a lot of Facebook love. On Monday night, the post featuring Mike Merschel had generated 100,000 鈥渓ikes鈥� in about an hour. Merschel was featured on the popular (There鈥檚 also the popular book and the popular blog .) The project features pictures and observations of people on the streets of New York. What did he say?
, and a job I'm trying to hold on to. It's a lot of work and it's a lot to worry about, so it's easy to fall into a routine where all I'm doing is worrying about the next moment. In the midst of all this, sometimes I have to force myself to step back and appreciate the wonderful things that have already happened: one of my children is a budding artist, the other is beautifully kind, and the other is full of energy and potential. And they're all happy. And they're all healthy."
Merschel, the books editor for The Dallas Morning News, was in New York City last week to cover BookExpo America, the big book event. when he stopped to check his phone near Central Park. That鈥檚 when a photographer approached him. Monday's Facebook post also generated thousands of positive comments, including strangers telling him he's a great dad.
- The National Rifle Association isn鈥檛 too happy with folks who are carrying rifles in restaurants in Texas. Using guns to draw attention to yourself in public defies common sense and shows a lack of consideration, 鈥淚t's downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself,鈥� the NRA post says. 鈥淚t can be downright scary. It makes folks who might normally be perfectly open-minded about firearms feel uncomfortable and question the motives of pro-gun advocates.鈥� The message comes after and after gun rights advocates last month. Chipotle recently announced it will in its restaurants. The Dallas-based parent company of Chili鈥檚 says it鈥檚 on guns in its restaurants.
- Monday night鈥檚 dash for cash seemed to go well in Dallas. We told you Monday about and how a 19-year-old unemployed woman placed money in envelopes and hid them around Victory Park. People seemed to have a good time. that there were hundreds of folks in Victory Park and there were no disturbances 鈥� just 鈥済ood clean fun.鈥� Now people are hoping the effort will spread to other cities across North Texas. The North Texas effort was inspired by an anonymous person who left money in envelopes around San Francisco last week.
- What did W.A. Criswell think of Roe vs. Wade? on the rise of the religious right 鈥� and includes reaction from the former pastor of First Baptist Church. (He died in 2002.) 鈥淲hen the Roe decision was handed down, W. A. Criswell, the Southern Baptist Convention鈥檚 former president and pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas鈥攁lso one of the most famous fundamentalists of the 20th century鈥攚as pleased: 鈥業 have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person,鈥� he said, 鈥榓nd it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed.鈥欌�� But the Baptist Standard reports [h/t /D Magazine]
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