The Pine Whispers
November 9, 2001
Letter to the Editors
Dear Editors,
This is in response to the
editorial written by Lucy Moore (Religious groups are not needed on campus;
Oct. 4, 2001).
As the founder of the Gay/Straight
Alliance, I am well aware of the strict policies, pains and struggles that go
hand-n-hand with being a non-school sponsored organization. I do not feel as if
any of our non-school sponsored groups, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
Young Life, or the Gay/Straight Alliance, are pushing our beliefs on any person
here at Reynolds.
I am perfectly aware that some
people [m]ay be offended by our presence, but the school, by law (the Equal
Access Act), must allow us to meet. The non-schools sponsored organizations have
our rights and so do the people who may be offended by us. We must all be
respectful of each other’s rights, beliefs, and opinions. But for those people
in our school who would try to take away our basic
freedoms such as freedom of religion and speech, you are wrong and you are not
actins as an American.
The question is not whether we
should allow religious groups to meet here, but rather how are we going to
unite and learn how to get along in a time when being united is so important?
MATT HILL
Transcribed to computer file December 9, 2005.