Rebuttal

Joseph Bell’s column (“GOP’s ‘compassionate conservatism’ should

extend to gays,”’ (Aug. 10) reflected gross misconceptions regarding

Republican’s stance on homosexuals.

The problem is not with individual homosexuals but instead with an

agenda perpetrated by homosexual activists and supported by liberal

Democrats. One that gives homosexuals special rights and promotes their

lifestyle in our public schools. A plan that silences all who disagree

with them.

No wonder Republicans are concerned. Public schools already struggle

to teach just the basics to students. Why are Democrats so eager to spend

the money and take student’s time for purposes of social engineering?

It is the aggressive homosexual agenda that most parents find “just

plain dumb,” as Bell put it, not the GOP’s stand against it.

ANGELA GALLAGHER

Costa Mesa