Is it really a FREE world?

Is it really a free world?

            When do we realize that we’ve become conformists instead of believers?  What happened to standing up to what one believes in?  Within time does government make us accept what they figure is right for our country?  In the early 1960’s a generation of hope, love, joy, and faith grew within the people of  America.  This generation believed that peace and love would bring unity and equality to the nation.  Amongst these people there existed no laws, no judgments were done to those that believed in gay marriage, but instead they were welcomed and loved. 

            This era died within time because laws were formed and conformity arose within the upcoming eras.  Today, the world lives with the everyday life of abiding by the law and criticizing their neighbor’s life if he doesn‘t live in their accordance.  Laws have been made to oppose same sex marriage, however, acts have been made supporting these commitments.  Religiously we believe that God made the women for the men and the men for the women and with this the government uses religion to blind the country and make them support that gay- marriage is unlawful. 

            Where does peace come in this scenario?  What happens to those who fall for the person of the same sex? Do they live a life an unhappy life because government forbids them to marry their soul mate? Or do they fight for what they believe is right till their voice is heard and a difference is made?   For example, Martin Luther King Jr. he died making a difference in the world through peace and not through violence.  Nevertheless, he taught the nation a lesson… that through determination, perseverance , and non-violence protests one can achieve their dreams. In MLK’s case his dream was unity and equality for the colored race.  He was killed in the battle but his followers followed through striving for a difference in the lives of those who would come after them.

            Today, equality is not the struggle but acceptance.  The government does not seem to accept gay-marriage making the struggle of those in love with the same sex an almost impossible dream.   The lives of these people are changed everyday with rejection.  For example, “In 1961, a Harvard-trained astronomer, Frank Kameny, stood alone against the federal government. Fired from his federal job simply for being gay….”(Carpenter 1).  He wasn’t accepted for who he was and his personal life went way beyond affecting his business life.  Families are torn apart for the thought of “ what will they say if they know my son or daughter is gay?” never do they stop and think I need to stand by my son or daughter because this is a battle that he or she might have to fight for the rest of his life.

            To those who believe that gay-marriage is unlawful I ask that you put yourself in their shoes and live their lives just one day because it is not an easy journey but they decide to take it seeking peace at the end of the battle.  Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances you just have to live life to the fullest stand up for what you believe in, don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love if you fall for a person of the same sex and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend rejecting and neglecting is a second  where you can change a life of happiness that you can never get back.

-general audience