Dear Nephew,

 Walked down to get my mail at Hank's store and bumped into Eben there, after his mail too. Recall he was your AP History teacher at Purview High. Well, Eben wasn’t his usual, jovial self, He was really disturbed over what was in the Boston paper.

 He told me the OSC, whatever that is, has removed from its website and handbooks all information about filing claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation. He says Scott Bloch, OSC's Special Counsel, claims you cannot be fired for involvement in gay activities, but can be fired for actually being gay.

 Somewhat bewildered, I asked Eben if that meant it was OK to have gay sex so long as you were really straight and he thought, technically, that might pass.

 “But,” I asked, “What would happen if you only had straight sex but were really gay?" That,” he mused, “might put your government job at risk.”

 “Well,” I snapped, “What with Halliburton overcharging by millions of taxpayer dollars and some troops in Iraq having to buy their own bullet proof vests, as an American, I’d skip over what private citizens do in their beds and land on the self-serving critters the administration gets into bed with in the first place.”

 Yours truly,
Great Aunt Maggie Pye