choices

Just submitted letter to the editor for the Anchorage Daily News.

The Bible condemns homosexual acts, as well as wearing two different kinds of cloth, such as elastic in your underwear, and eating of certain foods, like Alaskan king crab and halibut. We Choose to discriminate against those who may love in a manner that is slightly different from ourselves. The irony is that while in a free country we can choose to discriminate and hate, many are not free to love and marry or even enjoy some of the basic rights that come with such freedoms. As a people we can choose to discriminate against those for whom who to love was no more of a choice than it was for you and I, but make no mistake, it is discrimination. If indeed the Christian Taliban wishes to quote the Bible to make strong their case in favor of discrimination, then let them follow the example of Jesus and say nothing on the subject. As for non-Christians, don’t judge us all for the antics of a few.