Editor:

I am writing as a concerned citizen over the Sacred Ground Initiative that the Sutherland Institute has kicked off. The people in support of it claim to keep families together, but only at the cost of tearing other families apart.

The Common Ground Initiative is a peaceful way to give rights to men and women who work hard for this great state. It ensures that their children will be treated as any other child whether they live in a traditional or nontraditional family. The gay people of our community only want rights8212;they are not denying the laws that passed disallowing gay marriage. They are not challenging it.

Why should any of my gay friends or family members be fired or kicked out of their homes merely because they are gay?

Gayle Ruzicka’s and LaVar Christensen’s ideas about humanity are an absolute joke and should not be representative of this state’s good people. They would prefer to frighten us rather than give us the truth. Please support truth, common human decency and equality in treating all our neighbors with dignity and support bills such as House Bill 267, which promotes fair workplaces and housing.

Jeffrey Carter,
Senior, English