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So What?
Saturday, July 4, 2009 @ 7:53 AM

There are two types of people who never once had to prove themselves: White people, and men. I was thinking about this because I was researching issues for the ARP (Academic Research Paper), and I realized that everyone else had to prove that they could do as much, or better—women, blacks, Arabs, even Filipinos.

And currently, gay people are marching, up and down the pavements of California because of same-sex marriage.

And they all want something to prove.

Now, I'm not going to go on and say "let's be good people and treat each other equally", or overused statements like that, but here it goes:

Same-sex marriage should be implemented, and upheld.

I knew this was my stand on the homosexuality issue since way back when, but after English class yesterday, I sort of felt recharged about it, electrified, like I felt like I wanted to do something about it right then and there. We were talking about how human trafficking (not the exact term, but that's essentially it) was integrally a part of some cultures; then I went on to recite and say that regardless of someone's culture, religion, race, traditions—so what? It doesn't matter. Because if you strip those masks, those barriers, those excuses away, each one is a human being. You look at the fact that they are human, not that they are Indian or Chinese or Muslim.  They're human beings who deserve human rights, and they need to be granted, given their justice.

Even if they are gay. Even if they fuck men and they are men, or they fuck women and they are women. Even if they seem insane in a conservative person's mind. Even if the moral strands of one's religion are lingering and disturbing the very nerve cells of the brain. Because they're people too. You are no better nor worse than them. You are neither superior nor inferior. We're the all same, whether one likes to believe it or not. And because we are the same, we must have the equality of rights, the equality of treatment—equality. You can't use God or your gods as an excuse for not giving them that same right that you are privileged enough to have just because you're straight (or whatever), because they deserve it too. They're just like you. They're human beings.

They are people too.