“My goodness! Where will this end?” asks Peter K. DeBellis with the typical misguided paranoia and scientific ignorance of the conservative viewpoint when confronting the reality of gay marriage and homosexuality in general.

First of all, let's get something straight; being born gay to the extent that one could or would even think about marrying another of the same sex for life is neither a “lifestyle,” nor a “choice.” It is a scientifically proven fact discovered, tested and replicated by Dr. Gunter Doerner at the University of Humboldt in Berlin. It doesn't matter one hoot if you “don't agree with it.”

This is not the same as “situational homosexuality” which occurs in the deprivation of the opposite sex such as in prison. Furthermore, when re-introduced to an opposite-sex partner, very few “situational homosexuals” continue with relations with the same sex - much less marry one!

Many people who are born gay also spend years in “phony” marriages due to social pressure and fear, until they “come out.” These examples are, however, perhaps from where the pervasive myth of “lifestyle choice” originates.

People such as Mr. DeBellis should reflect upon Barack Obama's astute characterization of the changing cultural paradigms of today's younger generation.

“Kids #- 7, 8, 9 years old #- take for granted now that, of course, a black can run for president. Of course, a woman can run for president. There's a matter-of-factness to it that I think bodes well for the future.”

There is also an undeniable and unstoppable movement to reject the 1st-century unscientific ignorance of religious-based bigotry and to once again embrace the true ideals of the Enlightenment values upon which our country was founded “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness #- for all #- gay people included!

It's not a question of “morality,” but of “equality” #- and it's about time!

Karl Logan

Auburn