Al's visit got me thinking.  Thinking about why he really came? Did he need to come? Did he want to come? Was he trying to minimize effect or offense? Or was he trying to gain the spotlight, did his comments get him exactly what he wanted?

Part of me wants to think that this is all an attempt to make amends for a mistake that was made, and the other part of me knows better.  It is my hope that at the very least Al gained some knowledge by learning about the Mormon religion/church/faith/belief.  But does that knowledge once learned force him to set aside what he already believes?  The hard part for Al is that he needs to be two people (public Al and private Al); I just think that he got to comfortable and private Al's comments came out. 

Which leads me to think why can't someone be different in his or her beliefs and not offend others by sharing those beliefs.  Or why can’t public personalities just state that this is their private belief and call a spade a spade!  Is it better to lie and try to cover up in halfhearted explanations and apologies (thanks Mel, Jimmy, Al etc... for the effort) but come on what is wrong with the good old-fashioned truth!  What do you think?