The subject of Mr. Press's article is about the acceptance of Gay people.  My point is why did Bill Press have to insult our "Cajun" Culture by intimating that "Cajuns" abuse children & that is an understood FACT, with his use of his title, when his article was not about a Culture at all.  Stanley, you make a good point,.by saying, "It is ironic that Mr. Press can make such derogatory comments about an entire ethnic group while claiming to be card-carrying memeber of the ACLU!"  I ask, because of his ACLU membership, how can he be so "tongue in cheek," with, what I perceive to be, a derogatory comment about a whole ethnic Culture?  (It seems to me, he may have heard some "good boudreaux jokes" when he was in "Cajun Land" & believes them to be about a mythical Culture, just as "boudreaux" is mythical character.) Would he have entitled his article "Child Abuse "Any Well Recognized Ethnic Group" Style"? I think not.  I felt a "slap in the face" when I read Mr. Press' title even if he doesn't know waht he is talking about.  He needs to get educated to the fact that the "Cajun" Culture is about real people. That we are a real ethnic group.  (The meaning of ethnic being: of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background)        Thank you, ASCalman, for making us aware of what is important about what's happening today, & by saying this, I do not mean that "The Pardon" subject is not very important, but please, we need to address insults as they come. Esther Comeaux Howard Per Merriam Webster, the meaning fo the word "Cajun" Cajun- noun--a Louisianian descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia . Cajun-adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cajuns 2 : of, relating to, or prepared in a style of cooking originating among the Cajuns and characterized by the use of hot seasonings (as cayenne pepper)