Perhaps Jeremy Allen did not intend to be deceptive in his letter to the editor (April 22).

“Gay marriage has never been a constitutional right in America.” No marriage, straight or gay, has ever been a constitutional right in America. Marriage is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

“Those who support the amendment aren’t trying to deprive homosexuals of any legal protections they currently enjoy as human beings living in America.” They are trying to permanently prevent them and millions of children from enjoying 1,138 legal protections given only to some American families.

“[R]esearch indicates children do best when raised by a married mother and father.” In countless studies (not funded by the right-wing) the only differences found in children raised by same-gender parents: girls tend to be more confident, boys less aggressive.

Mr. Allen contends that being gay is a choice (like religion?). Wrong! Source: The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychology Association, the American Medical Association, countless studies not funded by the right-wing.

Mr. Allen claims “How does one couple’s gay marriage threaten heterosexual marriage?” is “an emotional argument [that] misses the point.” It is, unemotionally, exactly the point. Mr. Allen has no answer. We do. It doesn’t.

Mr. Allen seeks to protect “our children and marriage,” but fails to state from what. It is our Constitution that must be protected from extremists who seek to infect it with apartheid.

Prejudice is more palatable when it masquerades as reason. Mr. Allen’s masquerade is embarrassingly obvious.

Lew Alessio and Jim Shaffer, Greene

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