These Troubled Times

In response to Ellie Light's letter, “He Never Promised a Rose Garden” (Jan. 20) I wholeheartedly agree.
Candidate Obama was clear and forthright about the crises/issues facing our nation. He stated the importance of taking a first step though a solution might not be realized in his term. Most importantly he called for Americans to bury apathy, embrace cooperation and rebuild an active, healthy, participatory democracy. Recall his call to action:
“What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility – a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world… that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.”

The misconceptions and ignorance of the religious right equals wrong! An article in the Jan. 22nd Oregonian was about the courageous efforts of students at Southridge High School in Beaverton against proposed anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda. Southridge is a sister-school with St. Andrew Matala Senior Secondary School in Uganda. The bill would make homosexuality a crime punishable by life imprisonment! Sexually active gays who have HIV could be sentenced to death. Dark ages! It's the legislation that is criminal, not gays! The inhumanity towards the innocent continues by the ignorant and represents Man's greatest failing.