Saturday, November 6, 2010
Blog 6
I would agree that so far "Middlesex" is unusal. I don't particularly choose to read books that illustrate specific topics. It is interesting to read about Cal and his/her identity transformation throughout the novel. My thoughts on the issue are that I don't agree with homosexuality/bisexuality/transgendered people, but if that is your preference than why should I be the one to tell or convinvce you otherwise? For me, I know with my religion I should be against homosexuals, but if it's who you are, than it's who you are. My response to the Westboro church is that i think their beliefs are ludicris because I believe in God and I don't think he would punish us for accepting gays with killing soldiers. To me I just think this is the wildest thought and it concerns me that this mother is teaching her children to hate on gays so harshly. Just because someone is homosexual, doesn't take away the fact that they are just like everyone else. They share the same issues of heartache in a relationship as a heterosexual, they have crushes, unexplained feelings that may have been hard to deal with since they couldn't share them with anyone else. My last thoughts on this is that over the decades, homosexuality has been more accepting. I feel that this has contributed to me becoming more accepting of my friends who are homosexual, and helped me to see that I'm comfortable enough with my own sexuality so I can be comfortable with theirs.
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I agree with you about the westboro church. It is one thing if those are the beliefs of the church but for the mother to instil so much hatred into her children is just bad parenting. It is okay for her to express to her children that the church and thus their religion is against homosexuals but she is teaching them to be rude and ignorant towards others as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the book "Middlesex" is a pretty boring topic to be reading about for class. Everyone has their own views and outlooks to life and some things we cannot change in people. I am not against gays in any way, if that is what makes them happy it is none of my business. It is another thing if they are showing affection and being overly flambouyant in public infront of me, i am very offended and feel uncomfortable. The Westboro Church clip was just ridiculous. The facts that they presented were so far fetched and not even true. The priests wife related being gay to committing adultery? This clip was so disrespectful to soldiers and their families.
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