WS writer responds to anti-gay letter
by Matt | March 27th, 2006 |
A letter to the editor was published in The Winston-Salem Journal today responding to a previous letter bashing gay parents and gay adoption.
The writer, a level-headed and sane individual, lays out the truest and most basic argument: It does not matter who the parents are: As long as a child is raised by supporting, nurturing, positive and loving parents, all will be okay:
Not ChosenÂ
Contrary to the beliefs of the writer of “Adopting Children” (March 15), one’s sexual orientation is not chosen any more than is being right-handed or left-handed or having blue eyes or brown eyes. It is a God-given characteristic of each individual.
As far as gay individuals being allowed to adopt children, I can see nothing detrimental in a child being brought up in a loving home, whether by two men, two women, or a man and a woman. When it is a loving, nurturing home, those children will turn out to be completely normal according to their individual characteristics.
ROLAND J. GAY
Winston-Salem
Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as the Editor of Q-Notes, the Carolinas' LGBT news source. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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