This letter is in response to Mr. Robert Ritchie, who argues that the most important issue in the upcoming election is gay marriage.

It is astonishing that in a time of war, in a country falling deeper into a recession, that someone could state that the most important election issue is gay marriage. It's amazing enough that in the year 2008 we still have people who would like to deny others all of the freedoms this country has to offer based on sexual preference. To top it off, his complaint is on a state he does not live in, or live even remotely close to. As if homosexuals marrying 3,000 miles away directly affects him or his Sunday sermons in any way.

Here is one of my favorite Bible verses; "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money." --Exodus 21:20-21.

I guess we can't expect this man to respect homosexuals, or anyone for that matter when his Bible allows him to beat his slaves as long as he doesn't kill them. But I'm sure that verse wasn't meant to be taken literally, such as the one opposing homosexuality was. Thankfully, we have great philosophers like Mr. Ritchie to distinguish the fact from the fiction.
JOSH HOBBS
YORK


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