When we teach men to perfect their masculinity through the discipline of chivalry, two kinds of men result.  The most spirited accept the discipline and become knights, but the least spirited refuse the discipline and become cads.

Finally, the uneasiness of heterosexuals about their own conduct may manifest itself as a misplaced scruple against hypocrisy.  They ask how we dare to disagree with anything said in favor of homosexual acts.  After all, we don’t hear many complaints about heterosexual misbehavior, do we?

That’s true, and there is only one possible reply:  We ought to.

Monday is student letter day.  I have cherished this letter for more than a decade, and I think of the writer often.  The version you see here is slightly shortened.

Her letter:

I am not a Christian, but I am writing to tell you that you are right, and I was wrong.