The readings this week made me very emotional and at times down right depressing. I was totally taken by surprised when I realized that the article “The Overhauling of Straight America” was written in 1987. While I was reading this article I kept thinking over and over again well that’s already happened. What was suggested and depicted in the article was almost prophetic as 28 years later all of that has happened. Homosexuality is now something that is seen as common, it is portrayed in not only movies but TV shows as well. They are being seen as the victims and to oppose homosexuality is being cast into the light of being old fashion all the way up to being called out as a bigot.
It is a bit overwhelming to think that even in my 30 years there has been a very drastic change in American culture. When I was in high school the only things I really deal with was everyone taking drugs, drinking, and having sex and that was the type of issues that the TV shows I watched were dealing with. For youth now they are hit with all that I had plus issues of gender identity, sexual preference, different family structures, etc. In the 15 years it has been since I was a youth in high school not only has the culture changed but the politics of just school life is now a veritable mine field of political correctness that I never had to worry about.
When I was reading the article by Ryan Anderson I became very empowered and hopeful. He mentions that now is the time to make an argument for marriage between a man and a woman because it is being debated and everyone is aware of it. Like a lot of the students at the universities that he spoke at I have always felt very inadequate to share my views and opinions and being able to be present with logic evidence. I think most people feel this way on both sides of the debates because it is such an emotional topic.
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