In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Sean P. Hayes, who plays Jack in Will & Grace, has decided to be coy about his sexuality. Reader Michael Kearns writes a letter in response: “So Hayes ‘doesn’t want us to know his own sexual preference-;ever. Or at least for the duration of his acting career.’ Yet Hayes, butching it up in his plaid shirt on the Calendar cover, blathers about his ‘beautiful’ senior prom date. Give me a break. Hayes’ refusal to be honest about his sexuality (whether he’s gay or straight) stigmatizes homosexuality in the industry (in spite of whatever strides Will & Grace has made) ; it has nothing to do with his future employability. William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Ian McKellen, Tom Hanks and Rupert Everett are a handful of actors who have created onscreen characters that sharply contrast with their offscreen sexual orientations. It’s called acting, honey.”
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Dave Whiling-Smith wades in on the ubiquitous topic of what Leviticus says you can and can’t do, in his letter to the San Luis Obispo County Tribune: “A lot of so-called Christians keep harping about homosexuality, and how it is an ‘abomination’ in the book of Leviticus … . How come Christians aren’t ranting and raving about tattoo parlors? And in quoting the New Testament in regard to sexual orientation, nobody ever quotes Jesus himself. Why? Because he didn’t say anything about it! In fact, he said very little about sex and not one word about homosexuality. Therefore I may assume it was not the most important of issues to him. But I do recall him saying, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone’ of condemnation regarding the sins of someone else, but of course, most Christians aren’t Christ-like. (Oops — I just cast the first stone!) “