To the Editor:
Once again the evil face of prejudice reveals itself in the Upper Valley. Your piece on the program at the Ray School should have sought out individuals like me who have children in the school for an alternative and positive correcting opinion to those expressed by Ms. Whitney et al.
Our foster daughter loved the program by the Flirtations, and I and my wife were thrilled by the initiative of the committee on diversity at the Ray school to bring them there. To quote from a letter to the editor in today's Valley News, "you have to be taught to hate and fear," and that is what the homophobic individuals you have interviewed are doing by their expressions of "concern", not only within this community at large but also within their own families.
I hope you and your readers understand that it is people like Ms. Whitney that we expect the Ray School to protect our children from -- those self-righteous individuals who would strangle the free flow of learning, especially in the realm of tolerance. I thank Mrs. Murphy and her excellent staff publicly for their courage in the face of prejudice and I applaud their zeal in providing a outstanding education for our two children.
