Every parent, grandparent and those hoping to be should read the "Viewpoints" section of the Sunday Cape Cod Times (Young Voices, June 8) and be very alarmed.

Many warnings of the increasingly militant and graphic indoctrination of our children into the world of homosexuals preceded the writings of three (of the five) young people who in that section show clearly the extent of that indoctrination. The youngsters were invited to write on a "current event or contemporary issue of their choice" and three chose gay-related topics. Not the election, the war in Iraq; the tornado in Myanmar; the price of gas — just same-sex issues.

Every one of their arguments was straight out of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual Handbook, including resurrecting the tragic specter of Matthew Shepherd.

The questions arise: Have these teens also been instructed on the history and value of heterosexual marriage? Told that for multi-millennia marriage between one man and one woman has been the foundation of all societies, in order that said societies may grow, increase and flourish? Or the fact that couples choosing to practice perverse ways of sexual gratification does not negate obvious biology nor justify the destruction of traditional marriage?