Civil rights are at the front regardless of rationality. The laws of nature are considered obsolete. Norms, even though they have been proven best, are set aside because civil rights are easier to live by and are now accepted by society.

Good character has to be nurtured. It is not a free gift. Desires, good and bad, come with the individual. Growing up is part of character development. What one does with the unusual or unnatural desires are the challenge of that individual. What is done with them determines the state of that character.

At present the forefront of the civil rights movement is same sex attraction. There are other traits of equal or greater importance: pornography, abortion, drug abuse, alcoholism, cohabitation, dishonesty, greed, welfare abuse.

Time and experience have already shown that submission to these traits result in defamation of both the character of the individual and to the character of the society to which he/she belongs. Washington laid the foundation for a great nation. What are we doing to or for it?

Robert H. Foster, Provo