Gay families are not the problem

Re Richard Gutierrez letter, Sunday:

I must say that I was rather amused. He wrote that “we have a new generation of screwed-up children that have no respect for their parents, teachers, or resource officers.” Because those said children were raised by gay parents? I think not. Mr. Gutierrez fails to say that the majority of criminals in our prison system were raised by “straight” parents in a so-called “normal home.”

He also fails to write that 98.79 percent of pedophiles in our prison system (not including those that haven't been caught yet) were born to and raised by a “normal household” consisting of a mother and a father. At this time, I choose to not dwell on the subject of “straight” priests that prey on our young children, robbing them of their childhood and scarring them for life.

When was the last time, Mr. Gutierrez, that you saw a report about a homosexual man raping a young child? I doubt you can find one.

Mr. Gutierrez, a divorce of any kind “becomes a bit traumatic for the child,” any child. It does not matter to the child if his/her parents are gay or straight. The child only cares about the parents he/she loves. I would like you to know, Mr.Gutierrez, that my wife and I are not just going to “have our fun and when we get tired of one another, just go our separate ways.” My wife and I have been together over 26 years and have raised a son together who is a very straight young man.

We are legally married whether you like it or not. Your opinions and beliefs mean nothing to us. As it says in the Bible, sir, “let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.”

One more point, Mr. Gutierrez, my family is more normal than half the straight couples I know. Can you say the same? I doubt it.

This story was originally published December 21, 2015 at 9:30 AM with the headline "Gay families are not the problem."