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NEWSDAY'S Letters to the Editor Tues Mar. 8th 2004
Number of Letters from the LEFT: 2
Number of Letters from the RIGHT: 3
LEFT LETTERS:
1)”…Mitch and Terry Rosenfeld state in "A kiss that isn't just a kiss" [Letters, March 4]: "Try explaining to young children about homosexuality and same sex marriage." When our 5-year-old was a little confused about our gay friend describing his new boyfriend, we said: "Most people fall in love with someone of the opposite sex, but some people fall in love with someone of the same sex."
This revelation was met with a shrug. Explaining homosexuality, like explaining race, levels of ability, or any other human variation, is not that hard. Overcoming fear and prejudice is. -Alison Pratt & Steve Hetzel Floral Park”
Why do people keep equating racism with an anti-homosexual attitude? They are not related. And there is nothing wrong from trying to shield your children from the tribulations of the worlds.
2)…” President George W. Bush needs to be ousted like Jean-Bertrand Aristide was from Haiti. The war on "terror" now includes homosexuals as well. Before we allow him to conjure up another imagined "threat," Americans should take to the polls and snap him out of it. -Imran Contractor Valley Stream”
So this person wants a large force of ‘rebels’ armed and inciting chaos and riots to storm Washington D.C. and threaten everyone unless President Bush leaves on Air Force One and goes to Fiji! Wow, now that’s terrorism at its best! Whoohoo! But I great idea to have a military Coup! Good thinking. And this person thinks that the issues with homosexual marriage should be raised to level of the war on terror. Nice. Thanks Newsday for publishing a radical!
RIGHT LETTERS:
1)…”I have been an accountant for 19 years and have heard many presidents say they are going to give the married, middle class a tax break. None have delivered until now. As I prepare my clients' returns this season, I am witnessing an average federal tax decrease of $2,000 per married couple.
My thanks to President George W. Bush for finally accomplishing what past presidents promised but failed to do.-Maryann Smith Nesconset”
My accountant and I won’t meet till March 20th. I pray this guy is right!
2)In your report of the emergency rescue of a premature baby ["Express delivery of a tiny package," News, March 4] you shamefully misses the point. The real headline of the story should have been, "Girl, 15-years-old, gives birth to baby."
By highlighting the joy of the unmarried teen parents at the miraculous survival of their tiny infant, Newsday is acting irresponsibly toward its many young readers. Teenage pregnancy is a problem that needs to be prevented, not celebrated. -Ellen Getreu Woodmere”
Just shows you there are many ways to spin a story. There is the rescue part. There is the premature baby story. The angles about unmarried parents, unmarried teenage parents…etc, etc…
3) …”Reading Dr. Faroque Khan's letter just adds to my disappointment with the leadership of the Long Island Islamic Center. As he acknowledges, I had a close relationship with him and other leaders at the Westbury mosque. I also took many stands in defense of oppressed Muslims - such as my politically unpopular support of President Bill Clinton's military interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo. In the days after 9/11, I made numerous television and radio appearances defending the American Muslim community.
I was, however, dismayed in the weeks following Sept. 11, when Ghazi Khankan, the interfaith director of the Islamic Center, made outrageous and indefensible statements such as that Mohammed Atta and other alleged hijackers were alive, that Atta's passport had been stolen, that the 9/11 attacks were not caused by Muslims and Arabs, and that the media should investigate the "world Zionist network." At a time when funerals and memorial services were being held for hundreds of innocent Long Islanders who were murdered by Atta and his henchmen, not one leader at the mosque - including Dr. Khan - objected to these remarks. Ghazi Khankan still holds his position and is the mosque's most visible public spokesman.
I believe that the overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans are loyal and patriotic. It is their leadership that is failing them. Indeed, in a State Department speech in 1999, Muhammad Hisham Kabbani of the Islamic Supreme Council of America said that extremists had taken over "more than 80 percent" of U.S. mosques. I find it sad that I must raise these issues. But the stakes are too high to do otherwise. -Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) Washington”
Rep. Peter King is not one of my favorites because like Sen. Schumer he only comes out when there is a camera around. But he has a point here and he backs it up with factual statements. So props to him!
Number of Letters from the RIGHT: 3
LEFT LETTERS:
1)”…Mitch and Terry Rosenfeld state in "A kiss that isn't just a kiss" [Letters, March 4]: "Try explaining to young children about homosexuality and same sex marriage." When our 5-year-old was a little confused about our gay friend describing his new boyfriend, we said: "Most people fall in love with someone of the opposite sex, but some people fall in love with someone of the same sex."
This revelation was met with a shrug. Explaining homosexuality, like explaining race, levels of ability, or any other human variation, is not that hard. Overcoming fear and prejudice is. -Alison Pratt & Steve Hetzel Floral Park”
Why do people keep equating racism with an anti-homosexual attitude? They are not related. And there is nothing wrong from trying to shield your children from the tribulations of the worlds.
2)…” President George W. Bush needs to be ousted like Jean-Bertrand Aristide was from Haiti. The war on "terror" now includes homosexuals as well. Before we allow him to conjure up another imagined "threat," Americans should take to the polls and snap him out of it. -Imran Contractor Valley Stream”
So this person wants a large force of ‘rebels’ armed and inciting chaos and riots to storm Washington D.C. and threaten everyone unless President Bush leaves on Air Force One and goes to Fiji! Wow, now that’s terrorism at its best! Whoohoo! But I great idea to have a military Coup! Good thinking. And this person thinks that the issues with homosexual marriage should be raised to level of the war on terror. Nice. Thanks Newsday for publishing a radical!
RIGHT LETTERS:
1)…”I have been an accountant for 19 years and have heard many presidents say they are going to give the married, middle class a tax break. None have delivered until now. As I prepare my clients' returns this season, I am witnessing an average federal tax decrease of $2,000 per married couple.
My thanks to President George W. Bush for finally accomplishing what past presidents promised but failed to do.-Maryann Smith Nesconset”
My accountant and I won’t meet till March 20th. I pray this guy is right!
2)In your report of the emergency rescue of a premature baby ["Express delivery of a tiny package," News, March 4] you shamefully misses the point. The real headline of the story should have been, "Girl, 15-years-old, gives birth to baby."
By highlighting the joy of the unmarried teen parents at the miraculous survival of their tiny infant, Newsday is acting irresponsibly toward its many young readers. Teenage pregnancy is a problem that needs to be prevented, not celebrated. -Ellen Getreu Woodmere”
Just shows you there are many ways to spin a story. There is the rescue part. There is the premature baby story. The angles about unmarried parents, unmarried teenage parents…etc, etc…
3) …”Reading Dr. Faroque Khan's letter just adds to my disappointment with the leadership of the Long Island Islamic Center. As he acknowledges, I had a close relationship with him and other leaders at the Westbury mosque. I also took many stands in defense of oppressed Muslims - such as my politically unpopular support of President Bill Clinton's military interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo. In the days after 9/11, I made numerous television and radio appearances defending the American Muslim community.
I was, however, dismayed in the weeks following Sept. 11, when Ghazi Khankan, the interfaith director of the Islamic Center, made outrageous and indefensible statements such as that Mohammed Atta and other alleged hijackers were alive, that Atta's passport had been stolen, that the 9/11 attacks were not caused by Muslims and Arabs, and that the media should investigate the "world Zionist network." At a time when funerals and memorial services were being held for hundreds of innocent Long Islanders who were murdered by Atta and his henchmen, not one leader at the mosque - including Dr. Khan - objected to these remarks. Ghazi Khankan still holds his position and is the mosque's most visible public spokesman.
I believe that the overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans are loyal and patriotic. It is their leadership that is failing them. Indeed, in a State Department speech in 1999, Muhammad Hisham Kabbani of the Islamic Supreme Council of America said that extremists had taken over "more than 80 percent" of U.S. mosques. I find it sad that I must raise these issues. But the stakes are too high to do otherwise. -Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) Washington”
Rep. Peter King is not one of my favorites because like Sen. Schumer he only comes out when there is a camera around. But he has a point here and he backs it up with factual statements. So props to him!
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