Let's be traditional. I am writing in response to the August 1 editorial ("Bush's views on marriage alienate younger generation.") The writer made a good point that 61 percent of 18-29 year olds think gay marriages should be allowed, according to a Gallup poll last month. What was not mentioned was the decline that this age group is taking. From the May to the July polls, 18-29 year olds have drastically changed their views. With the same number of replies from each poll, support for same-sex marriages has dropped 9 percent in this age category, 10 percent overall.

The writer also points out President Bush's stance on gay marriage. I agree with Bush. While we as a people should be accepting that such a lifestyle exists, we cannot forget that marriage exists between a man and a woman, so stated in the Defense of Marriage Act and by the Catholic Church.

The United States does have a clear separation of church and state, but we should not forget that this country was founded by Christian men, and in a land where there is no religion, there is no morality.

Homosexual marriages are not a moral practice. Many Christian religions, Bush's and mine, reject homosexual marriage. Those in the Senate do too, 85-14. I encourage the rising 18-29 year olds who reject homosexual marriages to vote, and to vote for the traditional family lifestyle.