This letter is in response to Ben Rolf’s letter to the editor printed on April 4. I’d like to point out the struggles of today’s sexual minorities are those which were experienced by racial minorities less that 50 years ago. The methods used by the LGBTAA to fight hatred and ignorance are those paralleled by the activist groups of the 1960s fighting racism.

The mental health of a person is not based on his or her orientation. It is based upon how experiences have shaped that individual. Sexual health is based upon practices including monogamy, protection and frequent testing. Heterosexual promiscuity is as equally unhealthy as homosexual promiscuity. Our children will be taught how to have healthy relations no matter their orientation.

When trying to prove a point using “accurate studies,” one should cite the resource. In addition, it is incorrect to assume that because a small percentage of people think or act a certain way, they are automatically wrong.

I’d like to pose a question. What part of homosexual relations is nauseating? Is it that two people may sincerely love each other, or the fact that two people may engage in sexual activities shared by both homosexual and heterosexual couples?

When interracial relationships were as much of a controversy as homosexual relationships are now, many used the Bible as evidence to support the claim that interracial relationships are sinful. I’d also like to point out that the Bible clearly states wearing makeup, eating unboiled meat, and not wearing a head cover (for women) just as sinful.

It is the ignorance that define homosexuals by an act. Also, I need to know, I want to know, and it is important for me to be as aware as possible of homosexuality so that I may dispel any negative stereotypes I may have picked up.

By the methods currently employed by the LGBTAA, our society will hopefully accept homosexuals as equals. Those that stand in the way of these methods are no better than the racists that slowed the civil rights movement.

Mary Woodruff

Freshman

Chemical engineering

Joe Krisch

Freshman

Computer science