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Oct. 17, 1998

Gays don’t deserve special status protection

The Supreme Court made the right decision in not overturning the wishes of Cincinnati’s voters. Homosexuality, which is clearly a lifestyle choice, is not deserving of special protection status, and to ever award it would set a dangerous precedent.

Of course, many would argue that homosexuality is not a choice, but is genetic, and therefore deserving of protection. But one simple truth

refutes this argument: Any humans with a genetic predisposition to mate with the same sex would have, for obvious reasons, failed to procreate long ago.

Martin L. Clock, Pleasant Plain, Ohio
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Oct. 17, 1998

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