Miscellaneous Post on "Gay Marriage"

I was going through my news feed on Facebook when I came across a picture on the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Straight Alliance page. The picture indicated below, "I Support Gay Marriage.  It's About Love Not Gender", was the first photo that I saw on my Facebook page and it made me decide to go searching for more photographs.  These photos reminded me of the readings that we had discussed in class.  There are many texts that these photos can relate too.  For instance, in Johnson's article, Privilege, Power, and Difference, it describes that, "People can't help fearing the unfamiliar.  There is only one natural sexual orientation (heterosexual)"(3).  It also relates to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).  If you look at my previous blog post you can see that this article talks about putting a stop to name-calling, bullying, and bias.  It focuses on all students who have different gender identities.  Lastly, these pictures also refer to the presidential election between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.  My last blog post was about abortion, but I added a link at the end of my post about gay marriage and how Romney and Obama differ on this issue.  President Obama and I believe that gay marriage should be supported in the United States.  Also, today at the Promising Practices conference, I was in a workshop about Preventing Transgender Bullying.  I just thought it was interesting that I now often notice these different gender identity issues and can relate them to most of our class topics and discussions. By looking at these pictures and my blog posts you can tell where I stand on gay marriage.  It hurts me that there are people who do not understand that marriage is just about love and not gender.  Hopefully, people can try to change their perspective about this issue.  Everyone is equal and has a right to be happy. Honestly, same-sex marriage is not hurting anyone so what is the problem?

If you have a Facebook I recommend looking for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Straight Alliance page.  They have amazing pictures.  Take a look!!! :)

While watching the news, I discovered that France is thinking about legalizing same-sex marriage. Here is a website that explains it all.  I found it very interesting.  Hopefully, the bill for gay marriage becomes ratified in France. :)