being a gay person, i'm eligible finally to be persecuted. of course, i'm a white male so oppression is something i knew little about until coming out. even now, though, i'm not on a chopping block.
there are rules and laws all about this country which oppress minorities, the most heated, at least at this point, is gay men and women.
that brings me to the point of this post. a student, michael guinn, was expelled from a private, christian college because he was gay. boo, we say. right?
it was after he posted pictures of him in drag on his blog that the college sent him packing. free speech, right?
well, yeah. but let's look deeper into this. let's think for ourselves here. while i'm not advocating or endorsing the college's decision, it was a rule. it was a rule he was aware of. just like a personal friend of mine, matt bailey, who was kicked out of baylor university in texas, he was aware that being gay did not coincided with the college's principles and would get him tossed.
where am i going with this? it's a rule. rules were made to be broken but they're also something that can be changed with a bit of intelligence and learning.
if you're gay, why attend a college that knowingly oppresses you? they're many colleges out there that teach the same thing i'm sure michael was learning at john brown university in arkansas.
also, if you don't think it's right, why not try to change it. why not be brave like georgia teenager kerry pacer and begin a gay-straight alliance. it's hard for me to believe that people in our generation wouldn't support it, especially on a college campus even if it is a christian college.
unfortunately, our parents and those in their generation are ignorant to the gay life. it's our duty to educate them and help them to understand what it is that we are.
it won't be until then that situations like michael's and matt's cease.
i cannot blame the college for kicking them out. i can blame them for having oppressive, archaic laws.
but when you know the rules, follow them or attempt to have them changed. in today's society you'd have an army of people, both gay and straight, there to support you.
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holy crap thats a long article.
The short version, just realize everything you put online is being broadcast to the entire planet. Don't post what you don't want read.
umm, yeah, that was the short version. :P
that is a good point but i think you missed the one i attempted to make.
follow the rules or rally to change them.
don't cry about the consequences of rules of which you're fully aware.
sorry, I was summarizing the article you linked :P I'm not ever going to try and paraphrase you. You get your point across just fine without me trying to muck it up. YOUR post was awesome, that article in the link kinda drones on.
I'll try and be clearer in the future.
i understood what you were saying...
but the point of my post and even the article... er, the lesson, rather, is that you have to follow the rules or change them.
if you speed in a school zone, you get a ticket. but if that school doesn't have students anymore, the law is not needed, right?
there was a way for this student to not be expelled. unfortunately, it would have been that he had to hide his sexual orientation.
you cannot tell me, though, being a baptist myself, that he was not aware of this rule going into college.
he was aware. he is reaping the consequences of his own actions.
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