Voting on Question 1

I grew up in a Christian family. My parents seldom attended church services but my mother made sure my brother and I went to Sunday school faithfully after a mile-and-a-half walk through the woods.

Being a voracious reader with not much material available, as a teenager I pretty much read and accepted the Bible.

Years later, while in the South Pacific where reading material was scarce, the testament became my source to peruse.

This second reading, I believe, was the cause of my starting to question almost everything I heard or read. I think of myself as, not an outspoken, but rather a closet agnostic.

In my lifetime I have known many homosexuals – some of whom I love dearly. It is my firm belief that there are a great many closet agnostics like myself.

When the time comes to vote yes or no on Nov. 8, there will be no peers watching in the voting booth. I urge you to ask questions and hope you will join me and say no to discrimination.

Harlan Gardner

Marshfield