Demonstrations can prove positive

In response to Norman Baumgartner's Exponent letter on April 10. Who says that group was imposing their moral beliefs on you? Were they trying to get you to change your beliefs or were they condemning you for what you believed in? I doubt it. I walked by too as well. No one said a word to me, but one person did hand me a flier, which I politely accepted. I saw many people decline the flier and there was no negative reaction by the person passing them out.

The demonstration was just there — for reflection by those who passed by. I wish more demonstrations on campus would be more like that one. Peaceful, allowing you to reflect on what they have displayed, rather than someone trying to preach to you or to get you to buy something.

Further, on your birth control statement, instead of using it all year round, that one week that a woman is ovulating, why not just abstain? There are millions of people in the world who have sex while they are ovulating and do not get pregnant. I know that when I get married, I won't want to use birth control. God doesn't give us what we can't handle. If he decided to give my family 10 kids, then so be it, we would handle it the best way we know how.

I have five brothers and sisters and believe that it's the greatest gift ever given to me. So, to repeat your words, be respectful of people, especially those different from you (you could learn from them) and grow up. You are not the only one with a sense of right/wrong or morality.

Tony Dale

Junior, School of Liberal Arts

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