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Monday’s paper had a news item about pregnant foreign women coming here just to give birth here, so that their children can have dual citizenship.
Starkville will have another, probably yearly, “Gay Parade,” and that’s OK with me. I won’t be there, as I have better things to do. During my working life, I have worked under the supervision of gays, along side them, supervised them, eaten at the same table with them, drank beer with them and I found that most are just wanting to live their lives as they feel right. It is not my place to condemn them or try to “fix” them.
God created them, and it is His jurisdiction as to what happens to all of us in the afterlife. I certainly have enough sins in my life to forgo adding to the long list by condemning anyone. I’ve also worked with/under/over people of all religious beliefs, ethnic origins, nationalities, skin colors and what have you. Most are just people who are different from me, but that doesn’t make them wrong or worse, just different.
Patrick Buchanan really hit a home run with his column on “Must the West beg the world for forgiveness?” Who hasn’t heard of John Wayne? He’s just about everybody’s hero, or was. His opinion was if it happened in the past, let it go. There’s nothing you can do to change it, so move on. The future is what matters, and you can do something about that.
It takes a big person to forgive. You don’t have to forget, because you don’t want to make that same mistake again. Mexico wants an apology from Spain. “African-Americans” want reparations for slavery. The list goes on and on.
We are where we are today precisely because of our history, both good and bad. The past is gone. Whatever happened there makes us what we are today. Be glad we’re not still living in the past. Focus on the future, and do what you can to make the future better for your descendants and the descendants of others. Nothing, not even mountains, stand still. You either grow or die. We’re all in the same boat, so let’s grow together.
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville
Editor’s note: The above letter was edited for length.
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