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I don’t intend to use my blog as a platform for political views, but as a sounding board for my own views on life and humanity.  We live in an age where opinions are thrown around without any thought as to how they develop or how they effect others.  Before there was Facebook we used to interact with one another face to face.  Now we have this amazing freedom of voicing thoughts as they come to us, but it can be limiting in terms of developing ourselves as compassionate and understanding people.  We do not have to see the response of our peers because of technology.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently because of something a friend of mine posted on Facebook.  She posted an opinion by first saying, “I’m sorry if this offends anyone…”, which, I feel, is a copout for not taking responsibility for your opinions or actions.  To get down to it, she feels that homosexuals should not be able to marry because God is against it.  That their “choice” to be gay is wrong.

If you know me at all, you know I have strong opinions about homosexuality.  I do not believe it is a choice.  I believe in equality, humanity, and equal rights for every human regardless of race, religion, or gender.  I believe that if God came down to Earth right now and spoke to all Christians he would not agree that homosexuals should be denied the right to marry.  If you believe in God then you believe that he created every person on this planet.  Every. Last. Person.

I have many friends that are gay, lesbian, and bisexual and they are no different than any of my other friends.  They have jobs, pets, children, homes, they love, have parents, go to church, read, like sports, live in different parts of the U.S. and anything else you could possibly imagine.  We have a preconceived notion of how life and family should be that it becomes very difficult to shed those views as we get older.  To stand up and say that life is one way, and only one way, is beyond comprehension to me.  Life is ever changing and evolving and if you cannot change and evolve with it then you limit yourself.

I never want to stunt my ability to be open minded.   As I’ve gotten older I have become more accepting of people who are different than myself and that is all homosexuality is.  It’s different.  In no way do I believe it is wrong or less deserving of anyone’s consideration.