Government shouldn't get involved in how gays live

Government shouldn't getinvolved in how gays live
EDITOR:
I have heard many things said about gay/lesbian marriage. A lot of the points of views of people I have talked to were, "If it doesn't involve me, I'm fine with it." Some were more like, "homosexuality is a sin, and God does not approve."
There are many other opinions that aren't even as nice as that. I, myself, believe it should be allowed.
I understand that some people have strong religious feelings about gay marriage. However, I also know that not everyone believes in God, causing them to have different feelings toward the subject. With that said, I think homosexual people should be able to choose for themselves what life they want to lead.
I don't think anyone should try to stop them from living a happy life together. In this case I believe the philosophy, "If it doesn't involve me, I'm fine with it" should be taken into consideration when dealing with making a new amendment to prohibit gay marriage. It really isn't anyone else's choice with how people live their lives.
To make an amendment that takes away the rights of homosexuals would be wrong. It defeats everything America stands for.
A lot of the people who disagree with gay marriages base their opinions on their religious beliefs, but people can now get married in a courthouse or even Las Vegas.
Marriage has become secular over time. So why should the Bible have an influence on something that doesn't even really involve religion? The answer I have conceived after careful thought is simple: It shouldn't.
Religion should not affect what people think of homosexual relations, but it does. If people believe it is a sin, they will think badly of it, but it should not affect how the government is run.
We have laws protecting minorities even though there are racist people out there, so what's the difference when it comes to homosexuals? There isn't one. Everyone should be treated equally no matter what their religion, race or sexuality.
KATIE DURBINLake Milton
Moving pupils, staff nowshows a lack of concern
EDITOR:
The Vindicator printed a letter from me in November concerning the Youngstown Board of Education's moving the alternative school from Choffin Career Center to the closed John White Elementary School. I wrote the letter in hope that the move would not be made by the board until the end of the current school year, but the board has gone ahead with the move.
I stated then, and once again now, that the move of the pupils and staff of the alternative school in the middle of the school year is a show of unconcern for the pupils and staff, as well as a move determined by money and power. The board is treating the alternative school as second class or unwanted stepchildren. No other schools have been made to make a move in December.
As enrollment continues to decline and public perception remains low, the board still makes decisions like this. How would they feel if they or their families were uprooted at this time of the school year? Answer: They wouldn't like it and would try to prevent it. But that's not the case, so they don't care.
I have been told that the board's business manager thought my previous letter was & quot;terrible. & quot; No, what is terrible is how the alternative school pupils and staff have been treated, and the fact that no one seems to care.
MARK DAVIS
Youngstown