Same Sex Marrige.

This morning as I woke up there was a religious program, the religion Christianity. The, I guess, host of the show asked the guy that was talking how he felt about “gays” his response to this question gave me hope for the future. He said, “gays are people just like you and I, there are human and deserve the same rights as us.” Then he was asked “should they have to right to get married like heterosexual couples do?” He replied “of course, if they love each other, then they have just as much right as anyone else to get married with the person they love. We have no right to tell anyone, heterosexual or homosexual, that they can’t marry who they love.”

                When I heard this, I was astonished. A Christian man on a show saying that gay people should have the same rights as everyone, while all the other Christian people were saying it was wrong and horrible. That guy has a lot of guts, I have a lot of respect for him and I applaud him for speaking his mind instead of being controlled by his religion. Religion isn’t a bad thing, but it isn’t all that great either.  I respect every religion, but religions should let you think for yourself, not just say “this is wrong, this is wrong and this is right.” It really makes no sense. You have your own mind, feel free to use it.

                Back to the point, why do we deprive “gays” of rights everyone should have? If you had a son or daughter, and they were gay/lesbian, and they fall in love with someone of the same sex, you would much rather them marrying the person they love even if they’re the same sex then someone of the opposite sex that they don’t care for.

                So walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, imagine what it would feel like not being able to marry the one you truly love because it’s illegal. It would suck wouldn’t it? If your against same sex marriage then you should really re-think things. Because America is supposed to be all about equality for all, but we won’t let 2 people of the same sex get married? It makes no sense.

-Nelly

One world.

A couple of days ago, I saw two young girls, wearing the traditional “hijab” at Wal-Mart. For those of you who don’t know what a hijab is, it refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general.

                As they were shopping, they got many stares; most of them, being bad. I heard a couple remarks which upset me. Many of the Wal-Mart shoppers were saying comments referring to the 9-11 attacks. What upset me was that, these were little girls, about the age or 12 and 10 maybe. So, as I was shopping I saw these girls repeatedly, shopping just like anyone else. When, a lady caught my attention, she began to talk to someone by her that they were in danger because of these girls.

So I began to think to myself, why are these two innocent girls being so wrongly talked about just because they are wearing hijabs? If two American girls dressed in the clothes they typically dressed in and people, let’s say Mexicans, started to talk about them. If any other person heard them say anything bad they would stick up for the two American girls, but they question is, why?  Because we live in a society where if someone doesn’t look, dress or talk like us, it’s okay to talk about them.  Yet there is a lot of talk about ending racism, ironic right?

                If we truly wanted racism to end, we wouldn’t care what a person wears, how the talk and look. We wouldn’t judge them at all. We would look at them with our hearts. We would ignore the visible attributes and would look at the attributes that really matter.

 If we could all just learn to ignore the color of our skin, and our clothes, this world would be a much better place.  

-Nelly.

Your Perfect Girl.

I wish I could be the perfect girl you long for, the one you want to be with for the rest of your life. The one you want to hold at night, the one you love and cherish. How could I be that girl? I can’t, because you deserve a beautiful, smart, funny, the perfect girl. I know I can’t be her, I am nothing like that, I am not beautiful like other girls, and I don’t care much about appearance. I’m not smart, nor funny. So all I can do is wish. Wish for that one day you just might realize that I could be the one that makes you happy, because clearly, you make me happy; happier than I have ever been. You make me smile like never before, you make me laugh, you understand me. But you will never know my feelings, because, I know that you don’t feel the same way. I’ll just keep quiet, stand in the background and be there for you whenever you need me. We’ll just stay friends, although I love you more than that, I guess you can say that I’m “friend zoned.”

-Nelly

The Caged Bird

The caged bird, he sings his heart out; his songs pleasant to our ears. But why does he sing such beautiful songs?  He does nothing but sit in his cage all day long day after day. Every day the same view, nowhere to go, nothing to do. So why sing? He sings to show the world, that no matter what, he remains positive. Positive about being free one day and being able to fly where his heart desires.  He dreams of a glorious day where he is finally free.

What does the caged bird sing about? His dreams of course, when he can spread his wings and fly away, to a better place, where he won’t be trapped in a cage. The caged bird is wise, wiser than most human beings, which just whine and complain. His beautiful songs shall continue until he is free. That my friend is why the caged bird sings. 

-Nelly

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Love Like a Rose

Why is it that the rose symbolizes love? Could it be because while being so beautiful, it can be dangerous? A rose, a flower so beautiful it warms your heart. A rose, so dangerous, can make you bleed, make you suffer and go through pain. Is that why it symbolizes love? Because love is amazing, beautiful, magical. Yet so dangerous that it can make you cry, suffer and go through so much pain.

  Maybe love is like a rose, brings happiness but also, may hurt you. But only if you cut off the thorns it will stop hurting you. But how do we "cut the thorns off" from love? That's one question I believe no one can answer. Not a genius, not scientist, not a businessman, not a doctor, not a lawyer. Not you, and not I. This will always remain a mystery, never to be solved. We'll just have to learn to accept it.
-Nelly "jh316"