Curtis Webber wrote in his letter Oct. 12 that the new sexual-orientation law has nothing to do with gay marriage. I feel that he is wrong in his statement. Not so long ago, we had a seat belt law that said everyone should buckle up and the police couldn’t pull people over just for not being buckled up. Here we are a few years later, and the police can pull a driver over for not having a seat belt on. We were assured time and time again that was not going to happen.

I feel that the sexual-orientation law is just a ploy for gay marriage. I do believe that homosexuals have the same human rights as others. I also feel the anti-discrimination law is a way to force people into accepting the homosexual lifestyle.

We all have different beliefs, so what gives anyone the right to force his beliefs on other people? I do not believe that forcing beliefs on others will accomplish anything but more division, and will lessen the freedom that we so greatly enjoy now.

Voters should consider that the more we complicate already existing laws, the less freedom we’ll have in the end.

Boyd Bachelder, Wilton