RE: Equal Space

Dear Editor

Trying to equate the LGBTQ+ flag with the ten commandments is rather a conundrum for me?  Nowhere in the ten commandments is any reference to gender identity or sexual preference.  There is no commandment stating thou shalt with regards to sexual orientation or who to love.   The reference to behavioral minorities cited by Anne Vantatenhove relates to a non ethnic group that has experienced discrimination.  Anne claims christians and Jews are discriminated against by the flag being displayed.  I need to remind her that there are LQBTQ+ people who are christians or Jews.  So her logic here defies reality, and her diatribe feels more discriminatory.  Dr. Alveta Kind, Ph.D. Would not approve.

–Robert Thomas, Castro Valley