MaryJae
God Bless Bettie Naylor
RECEIVED Mon., June 6, 2005
Dear Editor,
God bless Austin's Bettie Naylor [“Rare Bird,” Gay Pride, June 3]! What an inspiring and courageous woman! If only there were more like her.
The anti-gay-marriage amendment must be defeated, and she is right in saying she doesn't "see anyone doing anything about it."
Perhaps the solution is to bring "her day" back when, as she says, "we'd be in the streets yelling and screaming and throwing rocks." Unfortunately, it may well take protests on a large scale to secure equal rights in Texas for gays and make their relationships legal.
She asks why gays are "taking it." There are many answers. Unfortunately some gays have been exposed to enough violence through their lives because of their lifestyle and do not to want to wreak it upon others. Some are lazy and would rather cruise in the bars. Others are making plans to leave the state as soon as they can. And others simply don't know or are in denial about how serious the threat is today to their basic human rights.
God bless Austin's Bettie Naylor [“Rare Bird,” Gay Pride, June 3]! What an inspiring and courageous woman! If only there were more like her.
The anti-gay-marriage amendment must be defeated, and she is right in saying she doesn't "see anyone doing anything about it."
Perhaps the solution is to bring "her day" back when, as she says, "we'd be in the streets yelling and screaming and throwing rocks." Unfortunately, it may well take protests on a large scale to secure equal rights in Texas for gays and make their relationships legal.
She asks why gays are "taking it." There are many answers. Unfortunately some gays have been exposed to enough violence through their lives because of their lifestyle and do not to want to wreak it upon others. Some are lazy and would rather cruise in the bars. Others are making plans to leave the state as soon as they can. And others simply don't know or are in denial about how serious the threat is today to their basic human rights.
Claude M. Gruener
