To the Editor:

I’ve been accessing the Daily web site and have been following arguments about homosexuality and the bible.

This is an issue that has been active ever since I was a student at ISU, and I’m sure [it] will continue to be. It has also been an issue that has been very disturbing to me.

Just about the time of coming out of the closet day, everyone gets in an uproar about who’s right and who’s wrong, what the bible says and what the bible doesn’t say. You could argue for days on this and get absolutely nowhere. You believe what you believe and no one’s going to change you mind.

I can’t tell you who’s right, but I can tell you something about the real world in a much bigger place than Ames. Being homosexual doesn’t make your classes easier or help you get a better job. Being homosexual doesn’t put a roof over your head or a meal on your table. Your sexuality has nothing to do with anything in life other than what you do in your bedroom. That’s all, nothing else.

So then why does homosexuality appear in so many other aspects of life? It’s because homosexuals need something else.

I’m involved in a wonderful relationship with someone else. That’s all you need to know about that person. Male or female, that person fills a void and keeps me happy. I don’t flaunt in public with this person or tell everyone about our sex life. I don’t need that to be comfortable with my relationship.

This seems so practical to me that I can’t even begin to think why others—both heterosexual and homosexual—see it any different.

My advice to everyone then is the following: be comfortable with yourself and find your own inner peace. You don’t have to flaunt your style or sexuality to be accepted or to be trendy. Don’t follow. Find your own path.

If you have difficulty with your sexuality, find someone or something to help you. The world doesn’t want to know your sexuality, regardless of what you think. Keep it to yourself.

Doug Strachota

ISU alumnus, ’94