It's as if Fayetteville

were going to become the Sodom and Gomorrah of south

Georgia if we were to let a place famous for its chicken

wings and hamburgers open a place here. All this talk of

Hooters serving "lust for lunch" is nonsense;

anyone who has ever eaten at a Hooters know that is not

true.

And can't you find just as

much lust at, say, a church barbeque, if you are looking

for that sort of thing, as you can find at your local

Hooters? (Dear Southern Baptists, be aware: there is lust

all around us! I've even encountered lust at the library

- should we then ban reading or the library?)

Hooters should be allowed

to open a restaurant in Fayetteville if they want to. I

assure you good God-fearing Baptists that if Hooters

opens a restaurant here in Fayetteville and I go into

this den of iniquity I shall strive mightily not to feel

lust in my heart - and if I do I know the Lord will

forgive for lusting after a spicy chicken wing!

So lighten up, residents of

Fayetteville; don't let our fair town become the

laughingstock of - if not the city of Atlanta -

then most of the rest of the country. Show a little sense

of humor and let Hooters open a place down here. A

Hooters restaurant will not hurt anyone and may just help

a few too uptight citizens learn to relax and enjoy life

a little.

There's no reason in the

world not to allow Hooters in Fayetteville, save for the

fact that few people want to keep all the rest of us from

having a good time.

Dennis Sams

Fairburn (Fayette)