I would like to thank John Hosler for his letter to the editor last Friday. Like race, a person's sexual orientation is a part of a person's identity, not a person's behavior.
Sexual orientation is defined by who a person is attracted to, both emotionally and physically.
From John Hosler's letter, it is clear that he did not understand the information given in the Daily article and has little knowledge of these issues. Sexual orientation is already included in the Iowa State nondiscrimination policy. This request was rejected by Dean of Students Kathleen MacKay on the grounds that it was too big of a change for that update. Since this is an institution of higher learning, I think it would be appropriate if people would go out and learn about the facts surrounding an issue. It would have taken John Hosler ten minutes to find out that sexual orientation was already included in the nondiscrimination policy.