Her historical and anthropological references, while of academic interest, are of scant concern to the modern man faced with his own personal problems. The young homosexual whose mind is racked with doubt and fears needs some practical advice-not an explanation of why or how prejudice developed from the Jewish laws. The conflicts that develop between man and morality are easily explained by the fact that to be "moral" in Western society, an act must have the sanction of religion. Thus, man is required to re-shape his nature and cram it into the artificial shape dictated by the parasitic mystics who have managed to prey upon his superstitions and gain a strangle-hold over his every thought and action. The man who would be free and his own master, on the other hand, rejects utterly the psalm-singing, Bible-thumping hypocrites and re-shapes morality to fit his individual nature and needs. He sees that any act is a moral and right act if it brings pleasure and gratification to the actor and does no hurt or harm of any kind to any other human being. It is only necessary to realize this truth and act upon it in order to be freed of all the fears and doubts, the self-loathing and guilt whether engendered by homosexuality or any other manifestation of human nature.

Miss V. concludes her little diatribe with what I assume is an invitation to celibacy-the road to Cosmic Consciousness. This, of course, is nothing new at all. Nirvana, samadi, heaven and all the rest of the mythical prizes that have been offered to man in exchange for his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will no doubt be temptingly held out just as long as man is stupid enough to barter away his very self to gratify the desire for power of the ecclesiastical parasites. It is remarkable, I think, that in most of the world's great religions the main requisites to paradise (of one sort or another) are complete abdication of reason and logic, blind acceptance of whatever drivel is dished out and self-denial, sacrifice, flagellations and celibacy. If I thought for a moment that it was necessary to go through such a catalogue of suffering and misery in order to find God, I would at once conclude that a God who would make such demands on a human being was not worth looking for.

I don't want to be accused of splitting hairs, but I often wonder if these advocates of celibacy (for whatever reason) stop to wonder where the world would be in 100 years if the present population were so uniformly idiotic as to all turn celibate.

I truly believe that the sooner Miss V. attains permanent Cosmic Consciousness and gives up writing articles on homosexuality the better off we will all be. She may very well have succeeded in unveiling the mysteries of the New Testament but the mysteries of homosexuality remain a closed book as far as she is concerned. In the light of her recent article, I suggest, very tentatively, (as Dr. Hooker might say) that she spend more time contemplating her navel and let the homosexual contemplate his own.

Miss J. N. of Los Angeles writes: Are we as homosexuals going to allow ourselves to be classed with child molesters and labeled the "misfits?" If the unthinking can only be happy when every person is lumped into a group and labeled, we can only hope to make these people think, or failing this, insist that we be removed from the group of misfits and labeled simply, homosexuals. Perversely, humans make it difficult to classify behavior. There are homosexuals who molest children and there are child molesters who are occasionally homosexual, but the majority of homosexuals are

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