To the editor:

I have to first say I am not an advocate for or against gay people.

I live along the lines of “live and let live,” so I really don’t care who someone loves. I know lovely gay people and lovely straight people.

That being said, regarding the March 29 report headlined “gay? … fine by me,” I can’t believe a teacher was so brazen enough to hang that Tshirt on the wall of her classroom. I can’t help but wonder what kind of backlash there would have been if a teacher had hung up a T- shirt that said, “straight? … fine by me.”

I assume it would have been taken down immediately and that teacher would have been spoken to for “offending the gay community.”

Or “ Love God? … fine by me.”

Or “Fat? … fine by me.”

My guess is that all three would most likely be taken down and condemned.

You can’t allow one and not the others.

I believe prayer was taken out of school several years ago, as so not to “offend” those who didn’t believe. Maybe that T-shirt offends people, but I’ll bet they dare not speak up, for fear of being labeled a bigot.

What I am an advocate for is people not being bullied, for any reason, and the article further states some people of the gay community in the high school are bullied, which I think is wrong and very sad.

But I have to wonder, are they bullied because they are gay or because the boys walk around wearing tight pink jeans and carry ladies shoulder purses?

Be gay if you want, but have some class about it. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

Julie Damon,
Bath

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