Dear Ms Caroll,

I believe we are both residents of Milford, and would like to have it be the ideal city to live and work in. Unlike our Mayor who was born, raised and has lived here all his life I chose to make this the place for me to retire too and live out my remaining days.

I like you, (this is a presumption on my part) have never set foot in one of these shops, so I can only guess what they contain. – books, videos and devices of all sorts relating to sexual activities. None of them offer what I call “services” such as might happen in a massage parlor.

Then we have the new Penthouse shop that carries a line of products that may be found in Victoria’s Secret or in Fredericks of Hollywood.. what distinguishes Penthouse from the others is that they also have the XXX rated books and videos.

The reason I’m writing to you is that you call these business sleasy and want them out of our community. Yet they are legal businesses paying taxes to our city and they restrict who may enter to adults only.

Once again I make note of your email address where you use the word “pro-life.” To me it says that this is a very high priority in your thinking. That being pro-life in regard to pregnant women is akin to saying that women are not allowed to have fun during sex or to wear clothing that excites them.

You and I just don’t think alike. I was all in favor of the ERA movement decades ago. I believe women are as equals to men, that they have every right to make decisions for themselves especially when it concerns their own bodies. Until the baby is born men are only sperm donors and have no say as to what a woman does, anymore than if she wants a tatoo. It’s just not his decision to make. We men may suggest or even urge a woman to do something but she makes the final decision.

What saddens me is that by being pro-life you believe that birth control is immoral and that once becoming pregnant a woman has lost her rights to her own body. That if she becomes a mother she alone is legally responsible to care for her child for the next 18 years whether she can afford to or not and if not then she must give up her baby for adoption. No where have I read in the pro-life literature that says that if we insist that you give birth to the child we will financially assist you in raising it.

On the other hand the pro-choice camp says yes you can give birth to your fetus, but in consultation with your doctor you may terminate your pregnancy if you chose too without ant interference from your sperm donor or your church.

This month my wife and I will celebrate our 42 wedding anniversary with our children and grandchildren, all of whom now live here in Milford. I think we have taught our children to know right from wrong and give them a set of morals by example. Yet when it comes to these sex shops, they were here before me and I think they will be here after I’m gone. I don’t expect that any of my family will be patrons of their businesses, nor will we encourage others. Yet there are those who must satisfy themselves with that which is available there, just as there are those who must smoke a cigarette or drink alcohol.

Cigarettes harms your own body and its smoke those who are close to you. Alcohol can harm your body and can kill others if you drink and drive. Yet reading a book or watching a video does not harm their bodies or others and it rarely causes one to commit a crime. Of all the human vices this is near the bottom of the list to attack.

If you think I’m wrong, I would love to hear from you.

Sincerely

Ron Goldwyn

reply to cleanwake@snet.net

Dear Marilyn,

If he would like your response, have him meet you and Danny at the abortion mill when it is open. Obviously he doesn't understand the dire effects of pornography. Obviously he does not know Christ! Obviously he cares not one twit for those (predators) lost in the insatiable cycle of lust (lust breeds more lust) which is never satisfied. Obviously he does not care for the children (victims) who will be molested by adults looking to satisfy their uncontrollable and burning lust.

Ron is arrogant, unconcerned, and overfed (Ezekiel 16:49). He would rather live with the carnage of dismembered babies, kids sexually molested by adults, bloodshed, and violence of unprecedented order, than to deal forthrightly with the issues of the sinful nature. He does not even comprehend how wicked man can become without God. He is a fool!

That's Right! "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'..." (Psalm 14:1). Ron has become his own god. He doesn't have any need to consult a transcendent standard (Jesus, who is the Christ) beyond himself because he has deified himself. The lie of the garden has become personified in him. He has taken of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden and justified any behavior pattern he so desires for he has become as god.

In the Scripture following the one above it says, "Answer a fool according to his folly or he will be wise in his own eyes." Proverbs 26:5. The Bible does not contradict itself. There is a time to hush and there is a time to speak. His foolish questions do require an answer, but they must be answered based on the firm foundation of truth. You have the answers for each one his questions. Give him heaven if he shows up at the mill. Otherwise, let him blather on in his own foolishness, ever learning, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.

In Christian love,

Flip