I understand the need to take a stand, but the headline of Robert Potter's commentary in the Feb. 5 edition, "How gay marriage and bathroom bills go together," was offensive.
This is the Year of Mercy. Gay people should not be verbally abused. Jesus died for all of us. Was it really necessary to include "gay marriage" in the title? Perhaps "Let's flush the bathroom bill" would have been a more appropriate headline.
— Barbara Case Speers lives in Hickory.