Letters to the Editor
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Does anybody else think this is just sad?
It's sad on so many levels. A man's career is ruined because he has desires that he can't acknowledge because society (or at least his part of society) considers his desires sinful. The media are celebrating his downfall as if he had actually committed a serious crime. Millions of people are getting the message that "homosexuality is a crime".
I know, he's a hypocrite. So what? He's probably ruined politically, socially, and possibly even economically. Can we stop tearing him down? He can't help what he believes any more than he can help feeling the sexual desires that drove him to that bathroom. His whole world tells him that he can't be what he is. I can't imagine the walls he must have put up, and the effect that breaking them down must be having on him. Eventually, he will come to terms with what he is. He doesn't have much of a choice, now that it is exposed. Hopefully, he will be happy with himself in his new world. And, hopefully, the thousands of gay people who live in conservative areas will someday be able to be what they really are without fear of persecution.