felt that the panel topic hung in the balance on one word, "rejected". What did this word me an to the que sti oners? Did it mean to imply that the individual homosexual, the "person", was being rejected along with his homosexual acts? This was an important thing

to know before one could possibly answer the question "yes" or "no", Mr. Zeff felt.

The "neurotic homosexual" carries his homosexuality like a sore thumb; he stated, still that is not all that he is. This is true of so many in minority groups. It is a "negative reaction" to minority status and decides whether he will be a "neurotic" member of that

group or not. This is part of the "self-fulfilling prophecy" wherein one truly becomes what he believes himself to be.

This is not an anti-homosexual society; it is an antisex society. So that the problem is really one of the homosexual rejecting himself. This is everybody's problem who rejects himself for any reason. Tho unhappy, unfulfilled heterosexual's problem is no different. His feelings and reactions are the same, though his "orown of thorns" may look a little different.

The questi on always uppermost in the self-rejecting person's mind is, "What would THEY say?" The se people do not understand that true authority for one 's actions lies not in THEY, but deep within one's self. The trouble comes when people do not understand or follow the First Commandment: "I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me." This God lies not outside, but inside. The real essence of any religion is LOVE. Whenever hatred enters in and love is blocked by judging and condemning, someone has misinterpreted the original teachings.

Mr. Zeff went on to say that we must not burden people with things they do not understand, they have enough problems of their own to understand. "Understand yourself...everything else will fall into place."

Julia W. Coleman, M.S.W., San Carlos, Calif., Calif., social worker and practicing psychotherapist, took the oppo-

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