The Cincinnati Enquirer |
Editorial Page
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Oct. 26, 1998 |
| In her letter to the editor, Deborah Hall demonstrates the close-minded mentality that seems to permeate this city’s conscience. How does disallowing gays equal rights in hiring or housing make the world a safer place for her and her children? As for AIDS, it has been declining in the gay community for years. In fact, 90 percent of the world’s AIDS cases are heterosexual.
Am I to believe that only the gay men that you worked with sneezed? Shall we bar blacks and Jews from food service so that your children don’t have to be exposed to sickle cell anemia or Tay Sachs disease? Of course not, and AIDS isn’t spread that way either. I work I a restaurant that hires and serves all people. Black or white, straight or |
gay, spiritual or agnostic. It’s a great place, an oasis in the desert of close-mindedness that is Cincinnati. We even wash our hands when we sneeze.
I too am deeply concerned for your children, because you are infecting them with the deadly diseases of intolerance, hate and prejudice. I wonder which disease Matthew Shepard’s mom is more concerned about?
Ken Schad, Mount Auburn
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