After reading Gary Morella's letter to the editor ("Opposing gay people not act of hatred," March 17), I felt my stomach drop to my feet because I found I was ashamed of being a Christian and infuriated at this faceless man lecturing me through the paper.

Mr. Morella, have you met God? Have you sat down and talked to Him over coffee at Starbucks?

I think not, and therefore you have no right to talk about what God thinks about homosexuality. I was born and raised in a Christian family and I was taught that God is our Father and is therefore a powerful, but loving entity. To compare homosexuality to alcoholism is ridiculous because being gay is not some debilitating problem and most definitely is not a crime.

Mr. Morella cites several passages from the Bible, but all of them are in relation to excessive lust and perversion. One can not use such a gross over-generalization of one lifestyle to label an entire group of people because it is such a blatant stereotype and as such, useless as "proof."

Finding someone who loves you for who you are is not a sin, and therefore does not deserve "saving."

I do not have the Bible memorized; however, in my limited understanding, God is more than the rattling off of books and passage numbers.

I would think that if Mr. Morella really understood God as much as he lets on, he would know this. It only seems logical to believe that humans, being only imitations of Him, can not begin to comprehend His doings and thoughts and therefore can only give a biased and often one-sided view of His words. The only way any of us will "know" God and what He thinks is when we go meet Him for ourselves.