September 11, 1996
The Philadelphia Inquirer
To the Editor:
In his column ("The storm over same-sex marriage - Americans are still uncomfortable with the concept," Sept. 11, The
Philadelphia Inquirer) Claude Lewis correctly observes that even with the responsible defensive actions recently taken by
Congress, "We face some stormy and divisive times."
If our culture is content with the traditional, biologically sound concept of lawful unions between the male and female of our
species only, where is the divisiveness coming from, and just whom is it that is brewing up a storm? Could it be coming from a
special interest - identifiable only by claimed sexual behaviors - which is fanatically determined to push its private practices
into public policy?
Pondering "the basis of fear and frustration" generated by this issue, Lewis missed the valid fear that taxpayer-financed,
mandatory pro-homosexual "diversity training" for captive audiences of otherwise free citizens will continue to spread
throughout all public agencies and into the private sector.
It is frustrating, indeed, for citizens when their government allows a protective, pro-homosexual culture to dictate
behind-the-scenes public policy changes. In Washington state, government actually recruits adult homosexuals, lesbians,
bisexuals and transgenders to enter Juvenile Rehabilitation facilities and "counsel" other peoples' minor children. No one was
allowed to vote on this.
It is foolish to expect that homosexual strategists will ever be content with succeeding levels of manipulative power. Society
will either hold the line, or continue to yield to the demands of this particularly aggressive special interest.
Then one day soon, public school children will give the only "correct" answer: "Yes teacher, homosexual relationships are the
legal, cultural and public health equivalent of Mommy and Daddy's marriage."
Robert R. Larimer Jr.
Executive Director
Washington for Traditional Values
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