Tacky award of the day

goes to the Portland family law firm of Gevurtz Menashe, for this mailer they sent out:

The front panel shows some old books, eyeglasses and a parchment-like document that isn't quite readable.












The text says:

We've helped thousands of people write their name on a declaration of independence.

Here's the middle panel.







It reads:

Happy Fourth of July from the firm that helps people celebrate Independence Day all year round.

I considered not posting this because I don't necessarily want to bring attention to something so tasteless when I have serious doubts it would make any difference, but I can't help myself. It's like Planned Parenthood's "Choice on Earth" campaign; both groups take a commonly and dearly held part of our lives — our nation's birth or the birth of the Christ child — and bastardize it for their distorted purposes.

I would say both groups should be embarrassed to minimize such sensitive subjects in such cavalier manners, but I know better than to expect such a perspective from either party.