A letter written by a campus church pastor to East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden expressing concerns about the “Gay Agenda” is constitutionally protected free speech and doesn’t require action by the LSU Board of Supervisors, according to Ray Lamonica, LSU System attorney.In an Oct. 3, 2007, letter, The Chapel on the Campus pastor Dennis Eenigenburg told Holden he disagreed with the city’s “One Baton Rouge” proposal — a statement saying Baton Rouge welcomes people of all races, sexual orientation and religions — which was being considered at the time. “As a pastor, I believe homosexual behavior is immoral and should not be promoted by city declaration or by any tax-supported programs,” Eenigenburg wrote. “We want a morally wholesome community in which to raise our families and a government that affirms, not undermines, these virtues. Build us roads and bridges, give us honest leaders and lawful lawmen. Stay out of the social agendas.” The Capital City Alliance, a local group that supports gay rights, filed a complaint to the LSU Board of Supervisors about the letter on July 7, saying Eenigenburg violated LSU’s policy of non-discrimination. “The letter makes bigoted and intolerant comments about gay Baton Rouge citizens,” said Joseph Traigle, President and CEO of Sterling Studios and co-founder of the Capital City Alliance, in a letter to the Board of Supervisors. “We trust the Board agrees that such behavior is abhorrent and should not be tolerated. I would like to remind the Board that the citizens whom the Pastor so vehemently degrades are also taxpaying citizens of not only the city of Baton Rouge, but also the state of Louisiana.”Traigle said his group expressed their concerns in writing to System President John Lombardi and Chancellor Michael Martin several times since Eenigenburg’s letter was sent in 2007, but they only received courtesy replies. “As an organization that is enjoying the benefits of a no-cost lease on LSU campus land, land that is owned by the State of Louisiana and funded by taxpayer dollars, the Chapel on the Campus and Dr. Eenigenburg are obligated to abide by the regulations and policies of the LSU system and state of Louisiana laws and regulations,” Traigle wrote. But in a letter written to Traigle on Monday, Lamonica said the System’s policies are designed to “regulate conduct of those involved, not solely speech.” “It is hard to envision a more graphic example of what is protected by the freedom of speech and religion clauses of the United States and Louisiana constitutions than the writing of a letter expressing religious beliefs to persons in the political process to attempt to influence that political process,” Lamonica wrote. —-Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]