Letters
Condemned
I wish to respond to Daryn
Peters (ODE. May 9). who
wanted his own "pride day" to
celebrate his "sexual acts " I
think you should have your day
l)ar' may 1 call you that7 I'm
not one of those "hostile" ho
mosexuals after all: I'm one of
the passive ones
If you want your day. you'll
have to earn it Put on my
shoes l)ar\ Don't tell your folks
you're dating a girl: at mini
mum. there'll tie a big fight
Don't put your girlfriend's pic
ture up .. people will find out
you're a heterosexual. She may
feel hurt, but you could get
kicked out of your apartment.
Don't kiss her at the door or in
public: a bigoted homosexual
might cause trouble.
You could chance holding
hands, but don't blame me if
some breeder bashers are out
there When you get beat up.
don't report it; it remains on
your permanent record that
you're heterosexual. You’ll lose
future jobs.
You're going to get hurt Dar'
. it doesn’t matter that hetero
sexuality came naturally to
you; they not only don't like
you. they want to outlaw you
Now add in the old friends
you'll lose; the police who
won't protect you; the jobs that
you'll lose. You concern me
Daryn — you’re young — you
should be tolerant and open
minded. Your words sound like
a tired tape of those who
thought before you Use your
mind Daryn! Develop original
thoughts. At minimum, know
what you condemn, lest you
look foolish again.
C. I.ee (iraham
Eugene
Quality
In response to Professor
Lindsey’s research on the quali
ty of education at the Universi
ty: (ODE. May If.)
Only the administration and
the bureaucrats judge the quali
ty of an institution by the
"number of published works"
it produces. Students are pri
marilv concerned with the
quality of classroom instrui
tion. Professor Lindsey's re
search criterion is invalid He.
however, is a wonderful in
structor.
Daphne fames
Human services
Stop bigotry
I was shocked and saddened
by a New York Times article I
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awav with more harassment of
minorities, and that most of the
violent in< idents involving
skinheads have been "random
attacks on blacks. Asians, ho
mosexuals or Hispanic people"
(Feb. 6, 19B9) 1 am a Christian
and have become quite upset
about the amount of hatred to
ward minorities growing in our
country
Imagine, therefore, how up
set 1 was to receive a copy of
the Oregon Commentator The
time lias come for decent Amer
icans to confront rai ism and
bigotry, and for our universities
to voice opposition to bigoted
publications such as the Com
mentator, whose editor in a
Feb 1‘lH'l publication said that
bigotry is ail right as long as
the minority chose to la- the
way he or she is!
Many groups try to justify
bigotry and racism on a basis of
creed or religion, but Christ
taught all hatred is clearly
wrong! Kditor Paul Coughlin of
the Commentator says discrimi
nation against gays is fine lie
cause it's a moral issue I find it
morally repugnant that such
views exist at universities in
our country.
Discrimination on religious
grounds is wrong Anti-semi
tism. homophobia and hatred
of other minorities is common
in Soviet Russia but does not
belong in American society,
where the ku klux klan claims
it has the "religious freedom"
to burn crosses in violation of
fire ordinances. Uy and large. I
believe God-fearing Americans
can stop bigotry in our country
if we try.
Dan I.ucas
Republican Precinct
Committeeman
Boulder. Colorado
Big chip
Hov. is it my imagination, or
does Scott Shoup (ODK. May
1H) have a tremendous chip on
his shoulder7
Why doesn't he take the sup
port the Kmerald does give gays
and lesbians and use that as a
stepping stone tor bigger and
better support Suggest ways to
cover the issues in a more fair
and positive lighl Give them
ideas of things to do to show
their support instead of acc us
ing them of lying
Didn't your parents teach
you that to get what you want,
you have to ask politely instead
ol irsmg and stomping your
feet III protest? Hut then again,
what do I know? I'm only an
egotistu al heterosexual
Rob Rosbomugh
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A recent letter bv a fellow
who's .in atheist (and apparent
ly damned proud of it) warned
"Let us beware" of "Christian
zealots" who "consciously
fashion invalid words into
emotional buttons" in object
inn to abortion on demand
(Bert Trvba. ODK. Mav lr>) He
had a problem with words like
"pre-bom.” "mothers" and
"killing" when used to de
si rilx- abortion
But in contrast to this atheist
desire to deny realm 1 seek to
utilize the reality of those
words, hoping that they are. in
fact, still "emotional buttons"
to many people.
As far as hem# "invalid
words" 11 she is not a moth
er." then what is she'' If the
distinct human life she carries
within her is not "pre-horn,
then in just what condition is
it? If it is not "killing." then
just what is it?
Clearly, if you choose to
snuff out iin innoi ent follow
human being, the charitable
word for that is killing
However, a more prei ise won!
would lie "murder " Undoubt
edly. our atheist friend doesn’t
like the reality of those words
either
Finally. I find it interesting
hut curious that it is the athe
ists. who in their zealous de
fense of unrestricted abortion
on demand, constantly call
forth the subject of religion Al
though a Christian, and content
to bo, I have found it unneces
sary to mention that fai t (par
ticularly to an atheist) in logi
cally defending the fundamen
tal human rights of the pre
born
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