Studies and polls are done by “experts”. But who are the experts? I think they’re mostly self-claimed, as any one can claim to be one, without showing any credentials.
Reading about the dandelion wine reminded me of a homemade wine I tasted when I married into a Southern family: kudzu wine? Not sure if I’m remembering correctly. Is that a thing? I divorced out of that family, so not sure. It was a Southern Baptist family, so maybe I’m confused.
The legislature in my state is has been changing ALL the “sexist” words in its code. So “lineman” became “line maintenance person”. Glen Campbell would have to sing, “…I’m just a line maintenance person for the county…”.
They aren’t our “leaders”, they’re our employees. We hire them, pay their wages, and, in an ideal world, we’d fire them for not doing what we, their bosses, tell them to do or not to.
So sorry for your losses. Will pray for comfort for you and your family.