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Thank you for your very excellent article on the very tragic decision of the Supreme Court.

I have been ex-gay for 16 years. I have felt like someone let out of prison everyday since I left the lifestyle. If I had not been submerged in a culture that encouraged me from every angle to act on my homosexual feelings, if I had had the rare good fortune to have confided in someone who understood what I needed (to be nurtured and held by a mature Christian woman whom I could trust over a period of years) instead of what I thought I needed/wanted (sex) before I chose to act on my feelings, it probably would have saved me years of painful work to find my lost soul. I have no doubt that thousands of young suicides and otherwise depressed and miserable people are so today for the same reason.

You spoke with authority and the wisdom of the ages. It is the best article I have read on the tragic situation in the world on this issue, by far. It seems like more conservative (morally) journalists are starting to write about this issue. I am very glad about this. You are so right that the sodomy laws protect human dignity. You are so very very right. Our leaders should have had the wisdom and courage not to give in to the loud voices of those who are the most lost, angry, and hurting among us. Thousands suffer and thousands will continue to suffer as a result of their decision. Their decision is evil. If they could feel what it feels like to be homosexual for one moment, they would not have made the decision they did. Anyone who tells you it feels good is a liar.

It is frightening, truly frightening, that our Supreme Court no longer possesses the wisdom necessary for its responsibilities. We are truly in danger. I think the time is much later than we realize.

Again, thanks, you really "nailed it" as they say. Have you read Kierkegaard? The irony in your writing reminds me of him. It makes me laugh in the same way. I think the title is brilliant. It says so much so clearly with so few words.

p>My greatest respect and gratitude to you, br> -- Mary Grace Miller br> Tacoma, WA /p>

While I might have agreed with every word in this piece some years ago, I can't do so since learning that two of my children are gay. As a Republican, a conservative, and a long-time Baptist, I have changed my position with regard to homosexuality because of my children. They are intelligent, attractive, fun, loving, hard-working, tax-paying and law-abiding(!) citizens and I don't believe for one single minute that they "chose" the homosexual lifestyle. To believe that anyone other than a few very perverse souls would "choose" a lifestyle which causes them to be feared, shunned, despised and at risk of arrest defies logic. One of the most fundamental things we seek as humans is to be accepted by others.

p>The Supreme Court should have skipped the editorializing and embroidering and simply stated that all individuals have the right to privacy in their own homes. br> -- Jenny Woodward br> Bloomington, IN

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