After reading in the Daily yesterday that non-PC talk on gays can be punished, I thought I better get my piece in before the thought police come take me away. Since I’ve been here, the Daily has given more press to LGBTAA than any other organization on campus.

Maybe they think that by flooding the paper with rainbows and editorials on “awareness” we will all suddenly realize that this is normal, healthy behavior to be praised and taught to our children. Well, it’s not.

Accurate studies show between 1 percent and 3 percent of men are gay and less than 1 percent of women are. It’s hard to see how behavior engaged in by such a small percentage of the population could be considered normal.

Those who engage in homosexual behavior are also at a much higher risk for AIDS, mental illness and other diseases, making it risky behavior. Rarely does raising awareness involve these facts. I have no problem with people who engage in such behavior, but I do have a problem when I am told how to think about this behavior.

Personally, I find it nauseating, and I don’t think more “awareness” will make it any more appealing. Many believe homosexual acts to be sinful, and the Bible clearly states that they are.

Perhaps diversity and tolerance don’t apply to religious views. You have freedom to act in whatever way you wish, but you cannot demand freedom from denigration and criticism of that behavior, especially when you make it impossible to ignore.

If homosexuals would realize this and not define themselves by an act that nobody wants or needs to know about, and really isn’t that important anyway, the better off we would all be.

Ben Rolf

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