I'm sure I cannot make near as much as an impact as great leaders through out history (I recall writing a blog on my favorite leaders) at this moment. Who would listen to a young girl from a small town in a small state? I do not really aspire to be one of those leaders anyway. I refuse to keep quiet about my beliefs, though.
Story time!
My father is a very conservative republican. I won't judge him by his political views, but I will say that his are much different than mine. I am independent when it comes to politics; I just refer to what I believe is constitutional/fair, sometimes that means I lean towards the conservative side, sometimes liberal. One liberal view of mine is on same-sex marriage; I am for it being legalized. My dad feels VERY differently about that.
One night, as I was on my way to the kitchen to grab a cold cup of apple juice, my dad asked in a casual, yet random way, "What are your view on gay marriage?" Oh no. This was the subject I never wanted him to ask me about. I could have given him the answer about how God made Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve that he was looking for, but why should I hide my views from my own parents? I told him "I think that they have every right to be married, though it goes against other people's morals." That set him off. He said that because it was immoral and against God, it should be illegal. I rebutted with, "Alcohol is against many people's morals, yet it's legal. Pornography is against many people's morals, yet it's legal. Cheating on a partner is legal, but very immoral. Deciding to worship Satan is against God, but very legal." We debated for a good 45 minutes, which involved Dad showing me verses in the Bible and whatnot. I feel as if I won that debate, because he didn't say a lot after I brought up that laws are meant to keep us safe and that gay marriage will not harm anyone.
Please don't misinterpret me. I am a Christian and I love Jesus with all of my heart, but as far as I know, we have a separation of church and state and a nice assortment of natural laws.
Wow I know your dad and I can totally imagine his face and what he would say. Personally I don't know if it should be legal or not, but stick with your views and not someone else's.
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