Here’s the editorial that former Chief Justice Richard Barajas wrote, published in the El Paso Times today.

Apparently, if you create characters who behave in ways that everybody knows is unacceptable, you are actually promoting it as a value–even if those same characters repent of their actions! So I’m apparently promoting values of murder, mayhem, and blatent, wanton racism. 

And since the book definitely explores themes of redemption and taking personal responsibility for your actions, I guess he would say that those are not values that Cathedral would espouse? Full text of the editorial occurs below. Read More