Dear Editor,
To Benjamin Blessing: Your letter from Thursday confused me deeply.
Though I respect your opinion, I find your reasoning to be very weak.
Let me begin by saying that a civil union between two homosexual people, or a marriage, for that matter, will in no way lessen the value of your marriage to your esteemed wife. The worth of your relationship cannot be judged by anyone but the two who make it. Whether or not gays marry or straight couples with religious backgrounds divorce, your marriage remains as invaluable as the love you feel.
I would also like to encourage you to start a “Hetero-Week.” There is no reason for you to feel less important than anyone in this world, regardless of their sexual orientations.
You argue, or fail to argue, that minorities get “everything they want, and the majority (gets) crapped on.” Perhaps minorities do receive special treatment in some instances, but this is only to even-out the many more instances where the majority is the one defecating on the minorities.
You ask why it’s “OK for the gay and lesbians to hate on (you).” I wonder when these instances have occurred. Perhaps you don’t agree with their lifestyles, but you are entitled to your own opinions, as they are theirs.
After reading your letter, I am left to wonder, as I often do, why people bother to write their opinions. People have heard all the arguments, you say nothing that hasn’t been said plenty of times before, and people make their own decisions in the end.
I would like to suggest that we should just leave it alone; let people do as they wish while it is not a violation of the law or the rights of others.
You don’t agree with your friend’s lifestyle, but maybe you do hate him, in a way; because he believes in something which you think devalues the love you have for your wife.
Nobody has to be wrong, but saying anyone shouldn’t be allowed to marry the person they love just doesn’t seem right.
Dan Martin

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