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We
tend to have a problem embracing or accepting what is different. It's
funny how as young children we are able to accept anyone but not
until we are brainwashed by others around us do we learn prejudices.
We are taught differences and we are taught prejudices. Some of us
are taught to dislike those who are different from us for reasons
that are probably unknown to us because the majority of the time,
those who we proclaim to hate have done nothing to us personally. Who
are we to say that being different isn't right? We were all placed on
this great green earth by the same creator and it is only that
creator who should judge us.
My
gripe, in this particular instance, is about the feelings and attitudes that are exhibited towards gays in our society. Some of us have been born with
11 toes, 12 fingers, 2 heads, and/or developmental disabilities,
etc., so it is evident that our biological makeups are not always
100% accurate. If a person, known as a hermaphrodite, can be born
with 2 sex organs, who's to say that another person can't be born
with the wrong one altogether? Who is to say that a person born in a
male's body can't have the heart and mind of a woman and vice versa.
Many try to say that men and women were placed here to procreate and
it is wrong for same-sexed individuals to carry on relations with one
another. Well, I ask, what about the infertile woman and the impotent
man...explain to me what their purpose would be to carry on relations
with anyone. They were all placed here with the rest of us and our
many imperfections and differences. I believe that no one would
choose to make themselves be so different that they would have to
live with being uncomfortable and ridiculed for life. This is why
they hide and live in fear and no one should have to go through life
that way. Prejudices stem from ignorance and an unwillingness to
embrace knowledge and accept what is different. We need to continue
to open our minds and gain an understanding for the things that go on
around us rather than focusing on creating hate for situations and
things that we obviously have no control over.
My
name is MissHersheysKiss and I approve this message. No I'm not gay,
but I do have a voice!
