A Letter to the Editor of the Whitman Hanson Express
“…let people live their lives without judgment or criticism”
As many Americans, including the Whitman Freedom Team, celebrate Pride Month, I am reminded of a piece of advice from my upbringing in the Midwest. I was always taught by my parents to “mind your own business” and let people live their lives without judgment or criticism. Sadly, we live in a time where people feel an obligation to inject their prejudices into the national conversation and tell people how to live their lives. The Midwestern adage of “minding your own business” has been replaced by cruel comments about how “those people” should reject who they are in the very core of their being and somehow be transformed into something they are not. Whether we like to admit it and face the reality that people are different, there are many of our neighbors, workers and classmates who define themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. They are what they are, and it is our responsibility to respect their differences and “mind our own business.” During Pride Month let’s respect differences, let people be who they are and more importantly “mind our own business.”
Whitman, MA resident
