LETTER: Left-handedness v. homosexuality

To the editor:

I was excited to see that Matthew Blackham compared Homosexuality to “left-handedness” because I have been looking for something this absurd all year to justify a letter to the editor. In his comparison he stated that the only reason homosexuality is an issue is because the non-homosexual community makes it one. Humor me for a minute while I point out the obvious stupidity of such a comparison.

Imagine for a moment my left handed friend… He wears a shirt every day with an arrow pointing to his left hand and makes a point of letting you know that not only is he not right handed, but he is offended that you would think so. He marches on occasion with his other left handed friends in protest of a right handed community. His car carries a bumper sticker emblazoned with “left hand pride” and he drapes a left hand flag out his dorm window. He boycotts athletic stores that sell predominantly right handed baseball mitts and refuses to eat at restaurants that put his fork on the “right side.”

Case in point… The reason “left handedness” is a non-issue is because those who are left handed don’t make it one. Pinning the blame for the “homosexual issue,” strictly on the non-homosexual community is fallacious and irresponsible. If Blackham and homosexuals want homosexuality to be a “non-issue” maybe they could start by not marching in the streets.

Ryan Beck