| Letter:
"Love the people, hate the behavior"
Editor: This letter is in response to the lengthy letter "Hurtful words feed hatred," May 12, and in defense of the Anchor program. If people would actually read through the material, they would realize that Anchor doesn't condemn all homosexuals. They would realize that the program is not anti-gay and that it doesn't breed hatred. It is a document that exposes and informs people about the anti-family movement, a movement that includes more than just homosexuality! The movement is comprised of many groups and organizations, not necessarily working together, which by their actions are attacking traditional family values. The Anchor program doesn't condemn people, it condemns behavior. Mr. Wenino says, "What consenting adults do in the privacy of their own homes is really no one else's concern." Unfortunately, when homosexuality must be discussed in the classrooms from kindergarten to college, when workshops on fisting and how to do it properly are taught in grade school, when a child is shown a video at school on acceptance of homosexuality without parent permission -- it becomes my concern! Mr. Wenino also says, "People should keep their voyeuristic imaginations out of other people's bedrooms." Also just as unfortunately nobody has to use their imaginations, voyeuristic or not, anymore. When homosexuality becomes more than just a behavior, when it becomes the subject of public policy, the subject of education, then the argument that it belongs in the bedroom and is nobody's business is completely irrelevant! What people don't seem to understand is that there is a difference between condemning people and condemning behavior. They don't seem to understand that behavior is always a choice -- no matter what the predisposition is. I condemn the behavior. I love and accept the people. I invite people everywhere to read the Anchor material before making inflamed and irrelevant arguments. Michelle Koerber, Casper |