Are you related to Oral Roberts? My goodness, you would have one thinking homosexuals are the root cause of all of America's ills, especially the disintegration of marriage and family life. How comical you are, sir. The divorce rate is astronomical and it's men and women. Can't blame gays for the often selfish and immature decisions hetero's made to get married and have babies before they even know themselves, much less a partner. IMHO, the breakdown of civilization has more to do with blatant greed, judgmental and uncaring people, lobbyists,religion that espouses superiority and bigotry,unscrupulous corporations, filthy politicians, and nothing to do with our fellow brothers and sisters who are born gay.

It's now OK to physically change the sex of your adopted children without their consent. Go ahead. have two mommies or even two dads. it won't affect the minds of the little children. After all, is there any such thing as normal? I hope we don't run out of regular people who make babies.

Wasn't that photo staged? Too many parallels with the famous Times Square shot of 1945, when a sailor grabbed a woman. Art students will want to study the similarities.

Can the editor (and photographer) assure us the event was spontaneous, and the photog just happened to take a lucky shot???

The propaganda doesn't stop. So beware the photo op.

Bruce Deitrick Price

Plato argued that society has a material interest in the selection of the symbolism it espouses, because some symbolisms are more conducive to a well ordered republic than others.

We know as a practical matter that the monogamous, heterosexual family is the strongest, most healthy social unit.

So -- a la Plato -- if one wants a strong, healthy society, one should give preferential attention to the monogamous, heterosexual model and not glamorize other models or treat them as equal and equivalent.

I agree with the letter writer. By sensationalizing this particular kiss, The Pilot insults readers who don't share its views, works against families who are striving to instill their own legitimate values, and contributes to the general deconstruction of American culture.

"...glamorizing this moment to highlight a social issue takes away from the hundreds of other sailors who returned that day." Really? I'll bet you wouldn't say that if the kissing couple had been heterosexual. How many times has the Pilot spotlighted hetero couples and their families at Navy homecomings - new babies, marriage proposals, kids watching for Daddy (never Mommy, interestingly enough) - and nobody's complained about it "taking away" from the other sailors? If these women are willing to fight for your freedom to live as you choose, your bigotry shouldn't be a reason to deny them the freedom to live as THEY choose.