I read about fifteen responses to Chris Kovalchick's letter. Many of them were outraged; most of the rest supported his right to free speech and calmly requested that the outraged people not resort to "name calling." Now for my own say: I support Chris' right to free speech, of course.

I question his own exercise of this right -- I question whether his letter even falls within that right -- but I do support the right. I am not outraged. Not upset. Just saddened.

Someone made the comment that many people are victims of the culture in which they were brought up. Sorry. I hope you can overcome the fact that you were taught to hate and I wish you luck in that endeavor. Anyway, on to what I suppose is the "real" reason I wanted to write this letter.

I came across many instances where people asked respondents to avoid name calling. In response, I'd like to say that calling his letter bigotry or saying it was hateful is not name calling. It's a statement of fact.