Forgive me for bringing up the topic of another forum, but I wonder how many of you guys also visit kiltreview.com. I was just there, on my daily visit, when I was shocked to see the forum owner/moderator having posted a vicious screed against homosexuals, or "Sodomites" as he called them. He claims that they have taken over this (X Marks the Scot) forum and are misusing the kilt to further their own "perverted" ways!

Well, to say I was shaken, is putting it mildly. I am sorry to see our "community" struck by such a blatant and divisive issue, which has nothing to do with wearing a kilt, Scotish heritage, etc. It's so "off topic" as to be laughable, if it were not so sad.

I have been so gratified to see over the past weeks, as I have visited the various forums about kilted life, the lack of "flames" that one usually run across on other forums. We have kept topics of religion, politics and sexual orientation (for the most part) out of the picture and focused on the mutual support of kilted guys--and a few lasses

Maybe those who have been around longer were not surprized that this matter would have come up and perhaps not surprised that it came through that forum. I hope we will all sit back and take a deep breath and keep focused to what we are here for.

Remember being a gentlemen has a lot more to do with how a guy treats his fellow man than what he wears below his waist or with whom he sleeps.

Happy St. Patrick's Day