Dear Editor,
There are certain things even though I do not agree with them, that I do not readily voice my opinion about. One of them is gender preference. But when I read a letter written to you in which the writer ended with “I will continue to denounce ignorance and the hate from the pulpit every Sunday,” I thought that was going too far.
Let me first continue by saying that I honestly do not know that writer even though he made sure that everyone should know who he is by the way he described himself along with all his achievements. Having been a Minister of Economic Affairs, even though he sure was not economical with those accolades, he could be standing next to me I would not know, because I do not know the person. So my reaction to that letter is solely on what was black on white, which I believe after seeing all those accolades was to make sure that we know how educated he is.
By making sure of mentioning all those titles, led one to believe that he does not feel recognized with just a simple Alex Rosario. On the other hand, he might be trying to let us know that his titles entitle him to know everything.
What I know is that a whole lot more people who listen to the hate and ignorance coming from those pulpits know how to be humble throughout this life even without titles and accolades. If he is so well versed in theology he would know that God hates the sin, but He loves the sinner.
This is not meant as a joke, but if God wanted homosexuality I believe He would just make another Adam and let them have their way. The problem with that would be the multiplying of the world, so He created the appropriate species Eve.
I can remember my aunt and her brother (my father) having a discussion about a pair is two. My father told her a pair is two of the same objects though complementing each other. When none would accept, my father told my aunt, “Ask Noah then.”
I personally believe that because language is living and continually grows, plenty of original words which had one meaning adopt additional meaning according to the country which adopts them. This I believe is the case with “pair” and “couple”.
Is it because of hate and ignorance that millions of people ask for a priest or a pastor to precede the funeral of a loved one?
Russell A. Simmons
