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Dear ONE:

The article, SODOM (Jan., by far the best issue yet!) has spurred me to work even faster on what began as a paper, but is fast becoming a book on the subject of Christianity and homosexuality. Crowther likewise "hits many nails on the head" (and just as squarely as Mailer), but I couldn't go. so far as to say he has a "new idea" (Ed's tribute to Mailer). Nonetheless, both Crowther and ONE deserve everlasting thanks for again "making old things new," which is precisely what TRUE Christianity does in every area of human existence. I wish I could afford to place ONE in the library of every clergyman and seminary in the United States.

A California Minister (m)

Dear Friends:

Congratualtions on your January issue! It was fine. The article on SODOM seemed especially good

Dear Sir:

Washington, D.C. (m)

I recently received a copy of ONE from a friend and I do believe that it is the greatest thing that has ever been attempted in our cause.

I am glad to see that you are trying to chase out some of those vile superstitions that exist about us.

Chicago, Ill. (m)

Dear Sirs:

Congratulations on your January issue. Best yet!! With such articles and material, you can't lose!

Gentlemen:

Newport, Calif. (m)

I just today managed to get your January issue, and want to tell you how fine it seems to me. Norman Mailer's and David Freeman's articles are very stimulating . . . I hope very much that Mr. Freeman's constructive criticism will result in some literature, "sincere, honest, and realistic," showing the "worth and potential of the homosexual in particular.”

Dear ONE:

San Diego, Calif. (f)

There are many of us who have little use for the gay bars, for the thrillseeking crowd whose entire orientation is on the physical . . . I prefer to believe that the gay bar crowd is the mere lunatic fringe element, warped and at least partially useless in any battle for social acceptance. I know that this attitude would anger many of my acquaintances, but I cannot retract it... Most of the gay crowd whom I have met thus far are superficially intellectual, with a veneer based on the false assumption that it creates an aura of sophistication. But how hollow it is under any sort of close inspection, and how pathetic. How

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