Views About Gays Spread Hate & Gay Self-hatred

IN LAST Sunday’s Globe, Barry Cohen conveyed that he believes “the notion of people of the same gender entering into romantic and sexual relationships is not normal,” while inferring that those who label this viewpoint “bigoted” are irrational (“Calling Warren a bigot over his views smacks of bigotry,” Letters).

His is not merely a “different” opinion; it is an untruth rooted in tragic ignorance.

As a gay man who, in his early adulthood, experienced the suicides of two gay friends whose parents vocally held such a differing opinion, I know the dangers of this kind of ignorance.

Read the entire post by Peter Danbridge at Boston.com!