Dear editor:

In all my years this is the first time I have written a letter to the editor. I am writing about Derek Collins's Dec. 2 letter, “Argument for Old Town rainbow crosswalk is flawed.”

I also am a taxpayer and resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake and have been for many years.

Today it is not always easy to keep up with what is politically correct and one can be afraid of voicing an opinion for fear of being called prejudiced.

I, for one, don't care if someone is LGBTQ, black, brown or has purple polka dots. We all bleed red.

Why does one group have to have a rainbow crosswalk painted to show their Pride? I am proud of who I am, Caucasian, female and straight. Perhaps I should have a white crosswalk painted for my Pride. And why not a black one, etc.

Let's show appreciation and inclusion to all of our community, not just one segment of it.

Let's put our tax money where it will do the most good and use it to send vaccines to poorer countries, to help move us out of this worldwide pandemic.

That way we all benefit, no matter what our race, creed or preference.

I salute the LGBTQ for their Pride, but that doesn't make them special. We are all proud of who we are.

Cindy Carter
NOTL

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