Show I Your our View Ie Dear Mr Zundel Your article Wrong With the Liberal Rant in this weeks week's edition of The Globe both confused and offended me Perhaps it was the suggested encouragement encourage encourage- ment of tolerance that was thrown about much in contradiction to the hostile and angry tone your writing takes on To quote the piece directly direct direct- ly The most narrow-minded narrow people people people peo peo- I have ever had the displeasure of meeting were also the most liberal liberal liberal lib lib- lib lib- eral wing left-wing politically correct people I have ever run across That sentence doesn't exactly shout out tolerance and respect for other peoples people's ideas to me Upon Upon learning about the situation with the Boy Scouts of America and the ACLU I do realize that certain liberal organizations or and/or individuals may indeed appear overly zealous or irrationally irrational irrational- ly forceful with all their freedom crusading Perhaps it could just be because they've been dealing with similarly irrational and overly zealous people the type of people who think its it's okay to tell consenting consenting consenting consent consent- ing adults that they cant can't get married married married mar mar- ried simply because it makes them uncomfortable for way too long I wont won't argue with you about the morality or lack thereof of homosexual homosexual homosexual homo homo- sexual people being given the right to marry I will argue the legality of it Whether or not it is your per per- belief that homosexuality is fundamentally wrong and destroys the fabric of the family unit the fact remains that your personal belief happens to be oppressing a large group of people who want the same rights as everyone else and deserve to be given them While were we're on the subject how exactly does homosexuality destroy the fabric of the family unit Oh yeah that's right I remember now When I was little these gay guys down the street got married marred and the next day my parents got divorced Oh and another thing I dont don't believe the majority of Americans are opposed to homosexuals homosexuals homosexuals homo homo- being given the same rights as everyone else In fact according according according accord accord- ing to the Los Angeles Times Poll June 18 2000 five eighty-five percent of Americans support equal opportunity opportunity opportunity in the workplace for gays and lesbians Talk about the silent majority In conclusion it seems to me that the only ideas of yours that are being disrespected are the ones which include the oppression and exclusion of vast amounts of citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of this country Yeah sorry well we'll try to watch that In return could you maybe try harder to keep your values values' to yourself Not everybody is like you Not everybody everybody every every- body believes the same things you do And guess what That's okay Its It's not a threat to you Its It's in no way meant to offend you No Noone's Noone's Noone's ones one's trying to turn you gay Repeat after me No one is trying to turn you gay Its It's great to have things that you believe are right and I applaud your passion in in standing up for what you believe to tobe tobe tobe be right but with all due respect you cant can't expect the world to ignore the needs and rights of millions millions mil mil- lions hons of people just because they upset you with their art and lifestyles I Respectfully Yours Tracey Farnsworth crazy liberal freedom crusader and student I would like to thank Mrs Farnsworth for her letter It was well thought out and encouraged encouraged encouraged aged debat rather than harsh feel feel- ings I will always encourage further further further fur fur- ther discussion on this and any other matters that I or any other person may write about in this paper Sincerely Aaron Zundel |