Letters to the Editor
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Mark Bingham
What these idiots don't recall is that many of them owe their lives to a gay man who stood up on September 11, 2001 and kept the hijackers from directing the plane at them. He gave his life for them. His sexual preference was irrelevant and sexual preference should be irrelevant. If a couple wants to commit to one another, gay or straight, they ought to be allowed to do it.
The Republican Party has been taken over by a band of anxious Christian rectum watchers whose sole preoccupation is the content of someone else's trousers. I could not see any gay person voting for any of them. I am gay in the sense that one of the posters said, I care about gay rights and I care about the consequences of unfortunate choices, having worked in an AIDS treatment program. I would not be ashamed if my sexual orientation was toward members of my own gender and I would be damned if I voted for someone who said I was wrong-headed, sinful and bound to Hell because of it.