Stop Judging Homosexuals
The Plain Dealer,
July 25, 2003
1801 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
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Email: letters@plaind.com
In response to the letters to the editor by Ronald Eureka
and the Rev. David Baugh (July 13) regarding the Supreme Court’s decision
overturning Texas’ sodomy law:
Jesus taught us to love, respect and accept one another
in the spirit of humility and openness. I find it positively frightening that,
when it comes to gays and lesbians, the religious right espouses an entirely
different gospel—one of oppression, fear, double standards, judgmental
self-righteousness, denial, scapegoating and outright contempt.
I think it’s important to remember that Christ was
crucified by the moral majority. Numbers mean nothing when it comes to real
truth. Nor do endless histrionics about the “danger” gays pose to the
American family.
Heterosexuals have only themselves to blame for the
current state of the American family (50 percent divorce rate, rampant spousal
and child abuse, deadbeat dads, poverty, crime, substance abuse, materialism
run amok, etc.). Pointing fingers at the gay community makes as much sense as
Hitler pointing at the Jews to explain away Germany’s social and economic
woes before World War II.
Believe it or not, lesbians and gays are quite capable of
maintaining committed, loving relationships. All we want is the freedom to
love each other in a truly integrated, honorable—and honored—way. Is that
really so hard to understand?
—David A. Debick, Euclid
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