Letters to the Editor
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Oversimplify Much?
You don't seem to appreciate the nuance of these issues, and furthermore you tend to be arguing in philosophical ideals, not practical realities. You say religious freedom in schools is no prayer in schools- you support freedom with restrictions?? He supports limited prayer in schools because he doesn't believe that ANY student groups should be automatically excluded, especially where the constitutional basis for that exclusion is itself 'wishy-washy'.
As for the homosexual issues- he has his beliefs, which he is entitled to. How he acts on those beleifs is all that you can criticize, and I think that if you factored in the political realities of those situations where he 'supports some of the most virulently anti-homosexual bigots in the black community' you would realize he didn't have much choice. And I would appreciate any direct quotes from him against the queer community. Also, when it comes to marriage, are you talking about the rights-and-privileges that would be covered under civil unions, or the word?