“We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…”. This is the opening to one of, if not the most, important documents to the United States of America, The Declaration of independence. “All men are created equal.” In the past we have either overlook or ignored this line in the document. Black people, Irish people, Jews, women they have all been discriminated against and treated different then the average white man. They were not given the chance to “pursue happiness” because they had darker skin, an accent, an unpopular religion, less strength, they were different. And now in the twenty-first century we haven’t learned our lesson, that people are different. People look different, talk different, believe different, and LOVE different. Denying homosexuals the right to marry those they love signifies a harsh similarity to that unenlightened time of our past.
Marriage is a beautiful thing, it is a chance for two people to commit to one another for the rest of their lives. They get to prove to each other that they love them and care fore them and will always be by their side as a lover, a supporter, a comforting soul and a friend. In marriage the couple is given the rights to visit each other in the hospital, make medical decisions on behalf of each other in events if illness, choose final resting place, have joint custody of a child and more. That is if your man and wife. You see in most states in America marriage can only be done when a man loves a woman. Most heterosexuals can tolerate what homosexuals do in the privacy of their bedroom but to analogue that in society would be “harmful” to every individual. The only question I have is how? People say its harmful, they say it disrupts their daily lives, but I have never been given an answer on how? How does two men or two women who live on the other side of the country or on the other side of the state or even on the other side of the street effect anyone. I can answer that, it doesn’t. The only people it has anything to do with is the two of them and maybe their family. And to me a good family loves each other no matter what.
“A man should not lay with another man like he lays with his wife”. Let me first say religion should have nothing to do with the laws of this country. And it is true these words are in the bible, but it also says, “Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for it is unclean.” So pretty much eating shrimp, crab, lobster, clams and muscles is wrong and a sin. Then there’s also “Do not eat any of the fat of a cattle”, meaning no hamburgers. I could go on for awhile but my point is there are loads of rules and abominations in the bible yet I don’t see anyone following any of those.
I’m not trying to tell you to agree with what homosexuals do, I’m just asking you to not hold them back from pursuing their own happiness.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sweaty Palms.
Ok, Hi! This is my first post in my new blog; I'm actually kind of nervous...Odd. Well, I started this blog because I'm about to go through a lot of monumental changes in my life and I would like for my thoughts and feelings to be documented and shared. Who knows when that might come in handy. Actually I think I might be writing this blog to find out what are my thoughts and feelings because I honestly don't know. I feel confidant that I have everything I need to succeed in life or if I don't I'll be able to learn whatever it is I need fairly quickly. I'm self-assured and almost never nervous about the future; I'm excited, I'm happy,I'm ready to go, and I'm pretty sure I'm lying to myself.
But how can I KNOW that I'm lying to myself? I don't think I can be sure but there definetly have been some hints lately. First of all I haven't been sleeping well recently; I wake up in the middle of the night and I can't go back to sleep. Now, I've studied psychology enough to know that unless I'm IV'ing caffine in my veins before bed there's is something off and I need to find out what. Second there are moments in my day where I feel panic not just normal fear but sheer cold panic. I get sweaty palms, dizzy, and heavy breathing and I don't know why.
I think what's happening is a conflict of my conscious and subconscious. My conscious is telling me " Don't worry. Look at the facts. You have it in the bag," and the thing is when I look at the cold hard facts - I have it in the bag. I've graduated young, I have done things that kids my age never had the chance, I fluently speak two languages, I have a loving and supportive family, and I have mental capacity and drive. The thing is I can't only look at the facts; I have to look at my emotions and how I feel, or atleast how my subconscious knows I feel. I am so scared. I'm scared that I'm too young to suceed in college, I'm scared that I won't be able to make friends, I'm scared that no one will want to hire a 16 year-old, I'm scared that I won't live up to the expectations of my family and friends, but most of all I'm scared that once you take away my "identity" (my life here in Brazil and everything I know and have grown up with) there will be nothing left of value. Nothing left to sustain the image I have painted for myself. Now how do I comfort myself? How do I make it easier for myself? Well, I think the first step was admitting it to myself. And I think the second step was admitting it to the world. Some people tell me how proud they are of me or how surprised they are with me and that I'm a kid but I have it so "under control". I want to tell those people that they shouldn't be and that I don't. I'm a child and I'm going to act like it, I'm going to screw up big time and numerously. But after thinking about it for a while I'm actually ok with that. I'm ok with making a fool out of myself. I'm ok with waiting to finding out if I can stand out and be incredible. I'm actually excited about finding myself but I acknowledge that I'm scared out of my mind. So I think I'm making progress. I'll be ok. I know I will.
But how can I KNOW that I'm lying to myself? I don't think I can be sure but there definetly have been some hints lately. First of all I haven't been sleeping well recently; I wake up in the middle of the night and I can't go back to sleep. Now, I've studied psychology enough to know that unless I'm IV'ing caffine in my veins before bed there's is something off and I need to find out what. Second there are moments in my day where I feel panic not just normal fear but sheer cold panic. I get sweaty palms, dizzy, and heavy breathing and I don't know why.
I think what's happening is a conflict of my conscious and subconscious. My conscious is telling me " Don't worry. Look at the facts. You have it in the bag," and the thing is when I look at the cold hard facts - I have it in the bag. I've graduated young, I have done things that kids my age never had the chance, I fluently speak two languages, I have a loving and supportive family, and I have mental capacity and drive. The thing is I can't only look at the facts; I have to look at my emotions and how I feel, or atleast how my subconscious knows I feel. I am so scared. I'm scared that I'm too young to suceed in college, I'm scared that I won't be able to make friends, I'm scared that no one will want to hire a 16 year-old, I'm scared that I won't live up to the expectations of my family and friends, but most of all I'm scared that once you take away my "identity" (my life here in Brazil and everything I know and have grown up with) there will be nothing left of value. Nothing left to sustain the image I have painted for myself. Now how do I comfort myself? How do I make it easier for myself? Well, I think the first step was admitting it to myself. And I think the second step was admitting it to the world. Some people tell me how proud they are of me or how surprised they are with me and that I'm a kid but I have it so "under control". I want to tell those people that they shouldn't be and that I don't. I'm a child and I'm going to act like it, I'm going to screw up big time and numerously. But after thinking about it for a while I'm actually ok with that. I'm ok with making a fool out of myself. I'm ok with waiting to finding out if I can stand out and be incredible. I'm actually excited about finding myself but I acknowledge that I'm scared out of my mind. So I think I'm making progress. I'll be ok. I know I will.
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