Kris Ankarlo's column (" 'Invasion' of gay culture really an exploitation of society's fear and hate," Oct. 27) mocks concerns of conservatives which he doesn't properly understand. The threat to our culture isn't from Will and Grace or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. For example, in August, the California legislature passed a bill banning foster parents who oppose homosexuality. For several years, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has had a course called "How to be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation." The university receives federal funding.

I do not hate gays. In fact, my faith commands me to love them, and I do. However, I oppose homosexual acts as they are intrinsically disordered, and I'm afraid society is becoming less willing to include my views under the umbrella of "tolerance."

Ankarlo also cites Hitler and bin Laden as examples of the evils resulting from moral absolutism. But allow me to ask, weren't they just following their own morality? I know that their murderous actions must be condemned, only because I believe in an absolute morality that recognizes the dignity of every human being and forbids murder. Not all moral absolutist systems are the same. Some are evil. But every relativist system fails to account for why (or even whether) Hitler and bin Laden were wrong.