Letters to the Editor

Answering Roger Barton’s letter (“‘Gray’ for gay,” May 12, 2010, Gazette) about civil rights for gay citizens, Mark Mason (Letters, “The ‘Gray’ village,” May 19, 2010, Gazette) writes of his concern about same-gender marriage and uses the phrase “marriage fraud” to describe the tactic some terrorists use to gain immigrant access to the United States. […]

Tea Parties all over the country are calling for change. At some of the Oklahoma rallies, I asked people: “What specific things, besides rallying, are you doing to bring about change?” The most common response was, “I voted and I e-mailed.” Very good, but then I pushed harder: “Did you do anything else?” All I […]

OKC Barons. Nothing says Oklahoma like English nobility decked out in curly wigs and fancy ceremonial robes. Pass the fried okra, Lady Baroness. The most famous Okies in the world are heroes of the people, Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie wildcatted for a time, he’s cotton to that moniker or a variant […]

LEGALIZE ITI’m a local Gazette reader, and the May 12, 2010, issue discussed marijuana (Scott Cooper, “Pot of gold”). It’s great that they put this in the Gazette. As an open-minded person, however, I just couldn’t stand anything that Darrell Weaver, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs director, had to say. First, he states […]

Regarding the May 12, 2010, Gazette letter by Sarah Balaparya (“Enough with the Islamophobia, Oklahoma!”) For Balaparya to seemingly downcast the Constitution of the United States as originating from only a few handpicked oppressed persons who didn’t look to the scriptures for guidance shows what little worth and value she views the Constitution to begin […]

After reading Mark Mason’s surprising response (Letters, “The ‘Gray’ village,” May 19, 2010, Oklahoma Gazette) to my earlier letter (“‘Gray’ for gay,” May 12, 2010, Gazette), I re-read it to see whether it was reasonably susceptible to the interpretation he gave it, resulting in his accusation that I was guilty of “vile “¦ hate speech.” […]

I would like to address some important viewpoints Dr. Charles Shaw has laid out (Scott Cooper, “Pot of gold,” May 12, 2010, Gazette). First, the belief that marijuana is a gateway drug is just government propaganda. If there is a valid argument to the gateway drug theory, alcohol would be more of a gateway drug […]

It was great to see the blurb on Bobo’s Chicken by Joe Wertz in the “Try before you die” article in the May 19, 2010, Gazette. Located on “The Strip” on N.W. 23rd Street, I proclaim it as the best fried chicken in Oklahoma. They not only specialize in chicken. If you are a catfish […]

Year after year, people complain about government. When asked what they have done about the failed government, they say they voted, they wrote to their legislator. Those actions didn’t work: Voting and e-mailing only achieved the status quo. Year after year, people complain that not enough people vote; those complaints don’t move people to vote. […]

In response to Scott Cooper’s article “Pot of gold” in the May 12, 2010, Gazette: I am still trying to figure out why our lawmakers insist on clinging to an outdated, ridiculous law such as the criminalization of marijuana. It is the very definition of the Latin legal term malum prohibitum, or “bad because it’s […]