On Dec. 5, 1996 the Daily put forth an (editorial) about same-sex (gay) marriages.

Your (editorial) stated, “It’s about time people realize how many gay couples there are in the United States and the world. The United States has been living in the dark for too long.”

How about the preservation of tradition and values of our society?

I am tired of being a white heterosexual male being told that my way is wrong, and I should go to hell.

Sometimes it is a good idea to discriminate, such as picking Mountain Dew on campus instead of Diet Coke.

Or, more seriously, choosing an apartment to live in that has more value than a dump.

Marriage has been defined since the start of time to mean the intimate joining of man and woman in an often religious and social setting.

The goals of marriage include the sharing of love and passion between two people who deeply love each other and wish to start a family through the rituals of procreation.

In the United States, men and women join each other in marriage. Other countries have established where one man can marry more than one woman, but the key here is that they are heterosexual-based relationships.

By granting marriage rights to the gay community will pave the way for destruction of society as we know it.

The notion of mother and father parental raising will be lost for this group of people.

That marks the destruction of the nuclear family as we know it.

Does the Daily consider this to be evolution?

Also, I have a problem with the judge deciding to create policy in his courtroom.

He took power away from the legislative branch for the State of Hawaii, and that is a clear violation of the separation of powers.

By taking policy into his hands and out of the will of the people, he has trashed the democratic principles that the people of this country expect. He has violated the constitution, and should be disbarred.

I do not have a personal problem with gay people. Matter of fact, I think I know a couple of them.

But I have serious questions about how they, as a group, are attacking our traditional values that have served our country well since the mid 1700s.

Christian Reynolds

Ames