Editor:

I am writing in response to Ed Stevenson’s column (“Not that there’s anything wrong with that…,” Oct. 10).

Stevenson, I am confused as to what your point is. Human sexuality IS studied scientifically. In this science, the accepted theory is that sexuality exists not as a dichotomy but rather on a continuum-a progression along a line from “heterosexual” to “homosexual.”

People are, to different degrees, sexually attracted to people of the same gender, the other gender, or both genders. It is culture, including religion, which dictates taboos and norms of acceptability.

Our culture promotes rigid gender roles. Girls wear pink and play with dolls; boys wear blue and play with cars.

Though this simple formula of categories works for some people, there are others for whom it causes pain and confusion.

Marginalizing people into tidy categories is easy but lazy, and it ignores the complexity of human individuals. So what is the “source of truth when it comes to homosexuality”?

It’s preposterous that an outside source can tell consenting adults whom we can and cannot love. But this has happened throughout history and continues today.

Interracial marriage was banned in Utah until 1963. Our state voted for Amendment 3, dismissing legal rights of domestic partners of all orientations.

Future generations will see these transgressions against human rights as despicable-as we today look at legal discriminations against minorities throughout history.

Carol Foster

Alumna