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    Letters to the Editor
    Letter writer showed her own intolerance | Letter to the Editor
    Letter writer showed her own intolerance | Letter...
    November 20, 2012 7:33 pm

    I’m concerned about the attitudes expressed in a recent Letter to the Editor titled “Story About Mormon Church Dis-appointed.” I am not, nor have I ever been, associated with the Mormon Church. I am, however, an advocate of the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech.

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    Letter writer may have missed seeing her own prejudice | Letter to the Editor
    Letter writer may have missed seeing her own...
    November 20, 2012 7:31 pm

    The letter titled “Story about Mormon Church Disappointed” was chilling. This is a free country. Everyone is entitled to her point of view, and each person has the right of free speech to express it. If we silence any minority, we all lose out on various points of view, and we become less rich for it. If people are “unapologetic” about their opinions, that is their right.

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    Dreams of a new space for the arts bring a smile | Letter to the Editor
    Dreams of a new space for the arts...
    November 6, 2012 7:43 pm

    As I sip my coffee at the Roasterie at Center, I contemplate the recent developments in this historic intersection.

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    Shelter the Flame a lovely gathering for marriage equality | Letter to the Editor
    Shelter the Flame a lovely gathering for marriage...
    November 6, 2012 7:42 pm

    On Sunday evening, Oct. 21, as the rain stopped and the crescent moon broke through dark, retreating clouds, the first of almost 300 attendees to the Shelter the Flame marriage equality event and candlelight vigil emerged from Vashon Theatre.

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    Intolerance hits all sides on Vashon | Letter to the Editor
    Intolerance hits all sides on Vashon | Letter...
    November 6, 2012 7:41 pm

    In reading The Beach-comber’s editorial (“The politics of yard signs and marriage equality”), I found myself in complete agreement with concerns about the lack of tolerance shown when someone’s political views are marginalized, and in the case described, vandalism by the removal of signs from a yard.

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    Let’s widen the discussion on abortion | Letter to the Editor
    Let’s widen the discussion on abortion | Letter...
    October 30, 2012 12:27 pm

    Difficult as it is to challenge the opinions of someone you respect, I feel compelled to weigh in on abortion and its political implications (“Choose someone who won’t fund abortion,” Oct. 24) and perhaps expand the debate.

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    Let the ritual of marriage be available to all | Letter to the Editor
    Let the ritual of marriage be available to...
    October 30, 2012 3:30 pm

    When my mother died, it was my father’s wish that her body be cremated immediately. A friend of our family, a priest who had been close to my mother, convinced us to wait until after her funeral Mass. The presence of her body — honored, blessed and consecrated by the ritual of the Mass and the healing and solace for all who would attend — was important. “Let the ritual do its work,” the priest said and we agreed. When the Mass was over and still, years later, our family is truly glad we followed the priest’s advice.

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    The Seattle Times stepped over the line | Letter to the Editor
    The Seattle Times stepped over the line |...
    October 23, 2012 3:40 pm

    The Seattle Times has announced quite a remarkable decision, to spend newspaper money to place ads in their paper in support of Rob Mckenna’s candidacy for governor. Over the history of newspapers, there has always been a careful division between at least an attempted objectivity in reporting news on the one hand, and on the other, announced editorial page opinions favoring one candidate or another. Their decision strikes me as dissolving this line.

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    The Beachcomber should stick to local issues | Letter to the Editor
    The Beachcomber should stick to local issues |...
    October 23, 2012 3:25 pm

    I subscribe to The Beachcomber to get local news and events. I was disappointed to see yet one more “political” article but thought from the title that it would condemn the excesses on both sides as well as the propensity of all politicians to dodge the tough issues and kick the can down the road. Instead the article opined that Europeans think and Americans don’t. I immediately thought of the brilliance of Spain, Greece and Italy. Examples of American “non-thinking” only cited those from supposed conservative sources.

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    Vote for someone who won’t fund abortion | Letter to the Editor
    Vote for someone who won’t fund abortion |...
    October 23, 2012 2:47 pm

    In this election we face the choice of a candidate — President Obama — who supports abortion, or a candidate who does not — Mr. Romney.

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    Islanders lent support to our family during time of grief | Letter to the Editor
    Islanders lent support to our family during time...
    October 16, 2012 3:16 pm

    I want to thank the many Islanders who have stepped into our lives and helped us in untold ways during the past two weeks.

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    Gratitude and respect remain with grandparents after loss | Letter to the Editor
    Gratitude and respect remain with grandparents after loss...
    October 16, 2012 3:15 pm

    Early in the morning on Oct. 4, we received the most devastating telephone call we have ever received. We were told that Palmerston Robert Kelly Burk, the youngest of our eight grandchildren, had died.

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    Thanks go to all those who helped after teen’s suicide | Letter to the Editor
    Thanks go to all those who helped after...
    October 16, 2012 3:11 pm

    My sincerest thanks go to the counselors and staff at Vashon Youth & Family Services, Vashon Island School District and Vashon’s independent counselors.

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