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THE MATURE MAN-

May I submit some thoughts and questions which arise after reading Mr. Legg's "A Moral Imperative?"

The author does not attack the church, he rattles the swords which hang over the churches' heads. Let us hope his meaning will not be misinterpreted and precipitate any frontal assault against a religious system which could mean only a bloody Dunkirk for the homosexual.

Rather than attack Goliath, the organized and existing, religiousphilosophical systems of the world: any man so motivated might do well to back away and take a long look at this great power. Dare any man fling down his gauntlet at this giant, without knowing well, the tactics, strategy, the weaknesses of this somewhat irrational creature?

Cruelty by the churches to the homosexual is admitted; but let us go from there. The church can be friendly, neutral, kind, fearful and cowardly. It can also, on occasions, be almost Christ-like. But, most important we should remember what the church

is not. The church is not Göd; and certainly not, also is the collection of biblia known as Holy Bible.

The recitation by Mr. Legg, of the ancient and new, and well-admitted atrocities committed by evil men of the church is little insight into the problem of man's relationship to his God. Thoroughly unsatisfactory is the author's discussion of some men's spiritual problem within the shallow. superficial framework of church practices. Man-to-God relationship is not only a homosexual's church problem. This thing is all men's problem. Mr. Legg's resolution offers no hope for the troubled seeker-after-truth. "A plague on both your houses," would have been a consistent conclusion insofar as his ideas being helpful to anyone.

Surely, those spiritually troubled people who seek help from ONE are searching for more than merely adjustment into the church environment. Mr. Legg is, in a sense, playing sandlot baseball; and if I am striking the author's ball over into the Big League lot, it is simply because that is where we should be playing. Skip Ward