The Scene staff
When did it become a crime to love? Isn’t that a human right?
Sometimes I feel discrimination is contagious, but a lot of people feel being gay is contagious. If a gay person sits next to them, stands close to them, or even touches them, they think they’re going to “get it.”
The reality is, homosexuality is a way of life. People are being themselves, so let them. If we live in a world where people aren’t allowed to be themselves, then something is wrong.
I hear a lot of people say that the Bible says homosexuality is a “sin.” But the Bible also says, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone” (John 8:7).
Who’s to judge the way a person conducts his or her love life? A sin is a sin. There is not one person greater than the other, so let God do his job. He’s good at it.
Every culture in this world has faced discrimination. If you haven’t personally experienced it, you likely know someone who has, either in the past or present.
The stares, the glares, the noses up in the air – they’re just not fair. Are people so bored with their own lives that they have to disrupt the lives of others?
Some people feel that same-sex partners shouldn’t raise a child. I disagree. I believe the gender of parents doesn’t matter if a child lives in a happy, healthy home. I’d rather see a child in a loving, same-sex family than an abusive, traditional family.
Children tease because of their parents. If they’re taught to be mean and negative, then that’s what they’ll be. If we’re taught only love, just imagine the outcome.
I believe two people in love should be allowed to marry. Regardless of one’s color, culture or gender, love is love. It has no boundaries.
I love openly gay people. They’re not afraid to be themselves. They don’t allow society to tell them how to feel or act.
I love men who are comfortable showing their feminine sides, and women who wear jeans. I love people who are happy just because they woke up that morning or because the sun is shining.
Gay is defined as “happy” in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. If everyone in the world lived happily, maybe we wouldn’t have time to think about the sexual preferences of others.
Yes, I am gay — spiritually, not sexually. It’s cool to live in a country where we’re free to choose a lifestyle.
What if someone told you not to like or date a person because he or she was too tall, too short, too dark, too light, too skinny, or too fat or didn’t fit into societal norms for some other reason? How would that make you feel?
Sometimes people have to actually put themselves in others’ shoes to understand how they feel.
Before you judge people, at least try to get to know them on the inside. You may learn to like them because of who they are rather than dislike them because of who society says they should be.
You can’t change anyone but yourself. Once people learn that and stop trying to change others, we’ll have a more loving and prosperous world. Live and let live, and learn to live in love.
Why is it that a blind person can see people for who they are, yet people with vision can find that difficult?
A child who teases doesn’t understand. An adult who teases doesn’t want to understand. Once we learn to love everything, we can live in love with anything.
Everybody in the world is different. No two people are alike. That’s why we’re so special. If everybody in the world were the same, life would become really boring. So enjoy being different, being unique, being you.