All bottled up

Thank you for printing that fantastic piece by Assia Mortensen [“The Water Balance,” Vol. 27, issue 06] about the benefits of altering the PH balance of our water. It was such a relief to read an article that doesn't give me nightmares about drinking up.

Jason Savvy
Santa Monica

Not Going to the Chapel

I want to let you know that I appreciate the way Frontiers is handling the gay marriage issue. You have been completely objective and written about it from many perspectives. While it is mostly an issue of equal rights, some of us can be happily coupled without the need of government interference. This is most true of two articles by Michael Liberatore and Michael Kearns [“Wedding Bell Blues?” and “The Cost of Big Fat Gay Weddings” Vol. 27, issue 06] in your latest issue. I strongly empathized with both writers. I hope that others who read these articles will, instead of spending tremendously on garish wedding celebrations, have small ceremonies and donate money to worthy charities and ask their friends to do the same in lieu of expensive gifts.

Mark Estes
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Cost Effective

I typically enjoy Michael Kearns’ ReveLAtions pieces, and his [“The Cost of Big Fat Gay Weddings,” Vol. 27, issue 06] really hit home with me. The number of people I’ve witnessed shelling out beaucoup bucks on “celebrating their love” has triggered a “keeping up with the Joneses” cycle that I feel uncomfortable with. Maybe this exuberance will fade as the novelty fades, I don’t know, but I think Kearns’ reminder that we have many civil responsibilities to tend to, including rising HIV infection rates, a hell of a methamphetamine problem, and roughly 1,500 homeless LGBT youth on our streets, is one to be heeded.

Anonymous
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