Like Nick Thornton (Opinion, May 28), I love Brighton and Hove but for not quite the same reasons and certainly not for its "vibrant gay scene".

Having been born and brought up in Hove and having lived here most of my adult life, it saddens me to see what has been happening over the last ten years or so with the growth of the gay culture.

Immorality has always been with us but what has changed is the relentless promotion of this aspect of it, namely homosexuality and lesbianism by certain individuals and groups, with a benign city council apparently egging them on.

They also want them promoted to our children in the schools, which is why it is so important to keep Section 28.

This constant tide of propaganda, of which Brighton: Out The Closet is the latest manifestation, is doing massive damage to the city's reputation on a worldwide scale.

People are asking if it's safe to come here and, in conversation with outsiders, the city has become a laughing stock.

Isn't it time to ask, where is all this leading us?

-Alan Nunn, Pipers Close, Hove