history tends to repeat itself.
i mean jelly shoes were totally a thing in the 80's.
until recently, everyone and their dog decided they wanted some. so here in 2012, we're bringing back the jellies.
back in our grandparents day, race was a huge deal. i mean blacks couldn't even drink out of the same drinking fountain as the whites. we all look back on it now and we're almost embarrassed at how members of our very own families reacted to it all. now, race is still an issue but no where near the same extend as it was in the 50's.
love one another right?
i can't help but wonder what it is we're going to be doing that is going to be looked back on and our grandkids are going to be thinking "what the heck was wrong with them..? why would you treat anyone like that? what makes it okay?"
the more i think about it, the more i think it's how we treat marriage. i personally think that anyone who wants to get married should be allowed. it's a civil ceremony therefore, it should be a civil right.
i also think there's a way we can allow those rights while still protecting the temple. i don't understand why everyone is so against it. if two individuals love each other, then why are we denying them the same rights as anybody else?
We discussed this in English! It's because once you start allowing same gender to get married, where do you put the line? It could lead to people marrying their children because they love them, or marrying a 10 year old because they "love" each other. And also it's about money. You get a ton of tax benefits from being married, and so if you allow same gender marriages then there are suddenly a lot of people applying for tax exempts.
ReplyDeletebut we already have laws protecting from instinctual relationships and age requirements. those lines have been drawn.
ReplyDeletebut right..people who should have the right to those tax exemptions. why is it okay for a man or a woman to be married 23 times and for a same-gender couple to not get the same civil rights? they're people too.