Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 12, 200} Clear thinking is needed regarding hom Dear Sir: Dorothy Britton commits a CORRESPONDENCE FOR osexuality anyway — a woman once | THE TERRACE STANDARD told me she knew her son category error in her argu- ment to condemn homosex- uality in recent letters to the editor. She equates it with adult- ery as both being done by consenting adults, but she fails to recognize that adultery is a betrayal, while homosexuality, at least to those involved, is at best a joy - no one gets hurt. That cannot be said of adultery, though homosexuals can be as adulterous as anyone. Love's love. Still,-Britton's equation fails logically. Homosexuality is no better or worse an example than most of what else kids take examples from, everything from selfless kind- ness to smiling hypocrisy to the violence done them for asking “Why?” too often. Some get it so bad they turn mean and forget that others who harm no more than in making you think differently are not harmful but usually somewhere between the weird and the entertaining. Much like the rest of us. If my young daughter becomes a lesbian, I won't hate her or try to talk her out of it. I don't think she will be, Think about you Dear Sir: _ On my way home from work recently I noticed a man riding his bike with a long haired blonde dog on a leash running along side near the super store. The dog was run- ning on the pavement. He had a thick coat of hair and it was hot. The maa had a fishing pole sticking out of the back of his bike so I assumed he was heading to Ferry Island to fish, which would have been a nice break for the dog. I wondered how far that dog had run and thought about how much farther he had to go. I looked away from the man and the dog to pull onte the highway and within a few seconds I looked back to see this poor dog laying on the grass in front of the tour- ist bureau. _ This dog was laying there panting heavily — obviously Purple colour deb Dear Sir: It would be wise for The Terrace Standard to research its stories better and consult with the present president of the Terrace Beautification Society before implicating a personal preference against the colour purple. It is my understanding that the volunteer organization doesn’t have on an agenda or a mandate for the enforce- ment of colour preferences, Nor would they impose such a thing. To quote their name and by inference attach it to the organization is inflammatory. To those people unfamiliar with colour, purple and yellow are complimentary colours, just as orange and blue, red and green. These have been used especially by painters to enliven by colour contrast an object making it eye catching. Look at nature how magnificent, vibrant and alive a spring planting of grape hyacinths is with daffodils. oe Congratulations to the Link family.. who won a Joanne picked up her entry form @ Northern Drugs. The Mail Bag trip for four to California, was gay from a very young age. Innate? Genetic? If we're hardwired sexually, how much of that is Gad’s work? Dorothy Britton’s religious, but our only .real law when it comes to that is what Moses brought down from the mountain, Nothing about homosexuality in that. Everything else is gloss, including Jesus's tragedy, If kids have someone kind to raise them, they'll turn ' out to be whatever they’re born as. Kids in trouble come from all kids of homes, and some will come from same- sex homes too — that's kids. As for Britton's concerns, what kids need are exam- ples of clear thinking on matters that have driven people to kill those who Jove someone of the same sex. Let’s be clear: the issue is not love or two people cohabitating who happen to be the same sex; the issue is the sexual. act itself. Start to address that before anything else, and pay attention to the nature of your own response first. , David Heinimann, Terrace, B.C. r pet sometime exhausted, and the man was hauling on the dogs’ ieash and almost dragging him over to his bike. It was too late; ' T was in traffic and couldn’t pullover. I thought about my dog at home, in the shade with a big bowl of water next to her. I felt terrible as I drove home. If I don’t do something then [’m just as much to blame as that man on the bike. If a person was running in the hat sun on pavement wouldn’t it be a safe bet that he would be hot? Wouldn't a dog with a thick coat be hot? It’s a nice idea to take our dogs to cool off in the. water but what’s the point if we half kill him on the | way? I am writing this in the hopes that just one person . reads it and leaves their pet at home in the shade with a big bowl of water near him. K. Armstrong, Terrace, B.C, ate continues I think the colourful building on the corner of Kalum and Lakelse imparts vibrancy in an otherwise drab mon- ism pallet of the downtown. A. Johansen, Terrace, B.C. kKkeekk* Dear Sir: If Yvonne Moen really wants to make Terrace beauti- ful, paint is not what you need, Look around Terrace and you will find many families in need, No child should go to bed hungry, cold or in need. There should be shelter for all those who need it and the food bank should not pray to remain open. “¥vonne, put the same energy.as you used for the pur- . ple house into really making Terrace beautiful.” ~~ To those who offered to contribute toward the cost of paint, why not contribute that toward the food bank. ' J. Pauls, Terrace, B.C. 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