Reponding to a letter directed to her that said, "When you heal your early emotional wounds, you will be able to assess present danger more realistically and respond to it more effectively," and later said, "homosexual and transgender feelings are symptoms of emotional disorders...."
Sharon Kass of Silver Spring, Maryland, though a stranger, is concerned for my welfare. She first emailed me in March 2006 with links to several "ex-gay" websites. In September 2006 she wrote, "When you heal your early emotional wounds, you will be able to assess present danger more realistically and respond to it more effectively." She knows nothing about my childhood; she merely recites the ex-gay dogma that homosexuality results from early childhood trauma.
When Kass learned of a D.C. community forum on civil marriage equality set for Dec. 6, she sent a message to several gay activists and city officials. She wrote that "marriage is an institution specifically dedicated to the relationship of man and woman," and that "homosexual and transgender feelings are symptoms of emotional disorders...." I replied as follows.
"Ms. Kass, I am sorry to see your continued obsession against gay people and transgenders, who mean you no harm and simply want equality under the law. Notwithstanding your expression of concern on our behalf, your many slanders, unfounded claims, and preposterous statements make it clear that if anyone is suffering from an emotional disorder it is yourself. Your residence in Maryland shows you to be just another meddling outsider. I am responding to you because I believe it is important not to let anti-gay lies go unanswered.
"First of all, homosexuality and transgenderism are two different things, but what they have in common is the harm caused by ignorant and intolerant people like you.
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