of civilization is to lift the social and economic discrimination against the homosexual-otherwise be guilty of leading him to crime.

In 1860 Herman Melville wrote: "The more ignorant and degraded men. are, the more contemptuously they look upon them whom they deem inferior." To condemn is much simpler than to understand. But shall we betray our own Christian and American ideals so? Will we say one thing and do another? Will you be honest with yourself before God and weigh this thesis. sincerely in the balance of human rights, Christian justice and American principles?

Miss Christina Midence Valentine (author, The God Within) of Pasadena writes: Have just received my April ONE, with article, "St. Paul on Sodomy." The author could have made his stand more convincing if he had quoted from Jesus himself and from descriptions of his activities in the New Testament. To give examples: Jesus said the following, "Greater love than this no man hath, that he would lay down his life for his friend. . . A new commandment | give unto you, that ye love one another as I have loved you

Love the Lord thy God above all else, and thy neighbor as thyself." He also said that not all were born to marry nor to become priests, but that some were "eunuchs from birth. . . [some] were made eunuchs by man [and some] made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven."

Furthermore, he consorted with thieves and prostitutes, to the shock of his followers and others, and when criticized for this, explained that the thieves and prostitutes were solving their problems better than many "righteous" citizens. If ever anyone were to understand the problems of homosexuals, Jesus certainly would!

I cannot quite agree with Kenneth McIntosh that the only reason St. Paul seemed to contradict the teachings of Jesus, was that he was a product of his times. The fact of the matter is, if I may call my own findings factual, that what St. Paul said about sodomy did NOT contradict the teachings of Jesus.

Behind all the legitimate religions of the world and of history lies a great and ancient body of esoteric knowledge, that is granted only to the sincere seekers for Truth and God, among whom are many who have temporarily become homosexuals because of such a search. Love comes from God, and those who feel a deep love for their fellow beings are simply following the commandment of Jesus-no matter what others may think.

One of the proofs that many homosexuals have become thus only because of an instinctive search for truth, love and God, their homosexuality being simply an outgrowth of an attempt to express their God-given instinct to love (brought down to an earthly level because of outside influences), is that so many of them are drawn to Oriental religions, which contain more of the truth than orthodox western religions. Their search for the truth has led them to such religions. The Catholic Church, of which Protestantism is an offshoot, originally taught the same esoteric truths as the legitimate Oriental religions, but, probably during the time of the evil Borgia (popes who worked on a material level), the sacred truth that would have set men free were hidden from them, and false teachings set up, along with superstitions fomented by the Borgia, and handed down to us.

I agree with Mr. McIntosh that it is not quite correct to lump homosexuality and immorality together, as a homosexual can be either moral

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