Schools do need to support gay groups

It is obvious that Wayne Lela (Fence Post, Nov. 23) has not met many students who happen to be gay. He compares their status to "promiscuity" in his argument as to why there should be no school sponsored clubs.

If Mr. Lela (and other parents with his attitude) happens to have children, there is all the more reason to see why schools need these type of support groups.

I was the sponsor for our high school gay-straight alliance, PRISM at Glenbard North High School, and got to personally hear the stories these students wanted to share.

Not only have they faced bullying and harassment for most of their lives at school, but some of them come home to parents who tell them each day that they are "an abomination."

It is heartbreaking. They are who they are and cannot change, despite frivolous comparisons by the uninformed.

Mr. Lela, please be careful of what you say and what you do to show your hatred. Your children are listening. You do not want to end up like Mary Griffith, the author of "Prayers for Bobby" a proud, Christian woman who was an outspoken opponent of homosexuality, whose son committed suicide by jumping off a bridge because he was so ashamed of who he was and felt he couldn't tell his mother that he was gay.

Rosemary Borzym

Glen Ellyn