I’m writing in response to the recent letter to the editor titled “Summit residents don’t mind taking from others.”

I want to start by stating while the author and I disagree on many issues, I appreciate and look forward to reading opinions and stances that oppose my own.

However, I feel it’s important to address that Summit County and the U.S. by extension is clearly and intentionally not a Christian civilization. I feel the establishment and free exercise clause of the First Amendment make this explicitly clear.

As far as taxing the guests of Summit County, I would like to present an analogy of being the guest in a friend or loved one’s house. Good etiquette would be to bring a gift to acknowledge and appreciate the expense you host has spent to make sure you have an enjoyable experience. 

I do not feel it’s in poor taste to ask our wonderful guests to bear some of the infrastructure costs of maintaining the best tourism destination we can provide.