Homosexual relationships are inferior

Congratulations on a timely piece of reporting on homosexuality - 'Struggling with sexuality' (South China Morning Post, January 2).

For years I have seen the gay community become more open in its quest for public approval and acceptance. I agree they have the right and responsibility to do so if they are to become a harmonious part of our society.

I also see that those of us who lead a heterosexual lifestyle, and are committed to a family life as the unchallenged base of our society, are the target of discriminatory remarks by those who are - unwillingly or not - gays or lesbians.

In the article, Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah said: 'Why are heterosexual relationships superior to those between people of the same sex?' Obviously, there is no need to explain the difference. There is the sense of fulfilment a man gets from sharing his life with a woman in a family, the indescribable feeling of love and being loved, the welcoming of offspring with an untold future.

Although seemingly having the same elements, a homosexual relationship does not transcend the people involved in it and it is effectively an end unto itself. It dies when either 'partner' dies.

Somehow a homosexual relationship downgrades a human being to a second-class citizen.