Out in the Mountains

 

 

Trouble With Morality

Dear OITM,

Mr. Rick Wold’s commentary, “The
Morality of Gay Love” (February 1991),
made it sound as if our only defense for
morality is that the Bible is outdated.
Whether his motivation for the article was
to ease the mind of anyone with a moral
dilemma or to pose an argument to the
moral majority, using reproduction as his
sole argument for moralizing homosexual-
ity in his article made it seem as if we have
no other defense.

The subject of morals in homosexual-
ity is so far-reaching and encompassing
that it could almost be considered a special-
ized discipline in itself. Treating it in such
a short article with such shallow defenses
only demeaned the subject for those who
are seriously torn by orthodox morality
versus what they feel inside of them.

As a gay advocate I appreciate any
defence of homosexuality by anyone, but
when a gay person brought up in a conser-
vative atmosphere tries to justify the moral-
ity of their feelings to themselves and oth-
ers, there is more than reproduction in-
volved.

I’m sure that Mr. Wold didn't intend to
treat his subject lightly or he wouldn’t have

gone to the trouble of writing an article
about something that is as important to us as
the debate of morality. But he not only
failed to provide his argument with facts (of
which there are many), he did not do justice
to a subject that is ambiguous at best for
those who need most to understand it.

I don’t mean to bash Mr. Wold for
trying to enlighten people on a topic that
many need to know (and want to know)
more about. But if he wanted to tackle the
issue of morality he should have acknowl-
edged the fact that for many people the
difference between coming out and living a
lie comes down to knowing that morality is
simply a matter of opinion, interpretation,
and upbringing. Sexual morality was not
carved in stone three thousand years ago
and is only a tradition that has been handed
down since the fall of Greek civilization.

If Mr Wold would like to justify the
morality of gay love he should have started
with a definition of ‘morality’ and just what
it really is. The only way to prove an argu-
ment is to begin at the beginning.

Thank you for listening.

Truly,

Sherrie Fuqua

W. Chazy, N.Y.



 

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