Admit we are prejudiced.

Dear editor,

Today there is so much talk about sexuality, especially homosexuality.

We Anglicans are so academic. We think out a course of action. If it seems right, we go ahead and implement it. We forget that sexuality is far more than thinking. It goes to the depths of who we are as humans.

We talk about homophobia, but what about gynophobia and androphobia? We need to deal with all three. A phobia is an irrational fear buried in the unconscious. One cannot deal with a phobia just by telling oneself, or someone else, not to be that way. The first step in dealing with prejudices is to admit that we are prejudiced.

Let us start by listening to one another across the divide between us. Let us hear the convictions, fears, and sense of identity issues of those with whom we disagree. Let us be aware of our own phobias, and the extent to which we project them onto others.

John Serjeantson

South Bolton, Que.