Letters:
Dear Sir,
I have been a great follower of your magazine and the Mattachine Society. However, I cannot openly engage in the activities of the magazine or the Society, as I am a government civil service worker, and at the risk of my job (as a bad security risk) I must refrain from giving you my name.
In government circles I hear talk of both the magazine and the Society in regard to being subversive. The Gov't seem to be very much in favor of the way you approach the problem of homosexuality, but since both the magazine and the Society have not required their staff and members to sign loyalty oaths, both will remain in danger of being declared subversive by Senate investigating groups, until such time as loyalty oaths are signed. It is believed that if loyalty oaths are signed by both groups, success in their undertakings may not be far off, as they can proceed as spotless groups in their undertakings and can well win the public to their side without being spotted or smutted by Senate investigations.
Many civil service employees feel that they could then sympathize with these groups and feel the government would take a different attitude toward this minority group, if they knew the group stood firmly against communist infiltration of this country, and no longer would there be prejudice against this group, such as has existed in the past five years. It seems the attacks against this group are based on poor security risks, and
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the possibility that this group may be the victim of communist agents. If this group took a firm stand, wouldn't these attacks by Senate committees disappear? Many labor unions took a firm stand, and the attacks against them practically disappeared into thin air.
It is our belief that the Magazine ONE and the Mattachine Society who are pioneering in their undertakings could require their staff and members to sign Loyalty Oaths and obtain nation wide recognition with the sanction of the United States Government in their undertakings to obtain acceptance and adjustment of this minority group into the National Society making them citizens this country can be proud to have.
Sirs:
Santa Monica, Calif.
The following you might call my "Credo":" I believe in Homosexuality as a Way of Life. I feel no sense of guilt or shame. I know that I, as a homosexual, can be an asset to the community in which I live and a good citizen of the land which gave me birth. Realizing that others may not understand my way of life and that they may seek to deprive me of my social and civil rights, I can still say with all sincerity, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do"! I affirm my undying conviction in the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man, and the Immortality of the Soul. I pledge my utmost to the task of securing equal rights for those of my people who merit and desire it. I abhor any form of totalitarianism which seeks to enslave the spirit of man. I pray that the injustices and misunderstandings of
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