Be Open Minded
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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It has come to my attention that several parents and students are planning to protest the "Day of Silence" by observing the "Day of Truth." Clad in T-shirts bearing a Bible verse from Leviticus, these students are planning to use their religion to oppress homosexual students and straight students that accept homosexuality.
Not only do I find this action deeply disturbing, but I see it as an obstacle standing in the way of the progress Warsaw has made by becoming more tolerant and open-minded. Parents claim that homosexuality is an abomination and harm to their children. But in all honesty, I fail to see this supposed "harm." Homosexual individuals are only striving to be treated as equals, (a seemingly small feat, considering that is what our country is supposed to be founded upon). The only harm that is being done is to those individuals who are being antagonized. The parents that are pointing fingers and slinging mud are not protecting their children from harm, but are only harming other people's children.
The purpose of the "Day of Silence" is to draw awareness to the fact that so many gay Americans are victimized and discriminated against. And although we, as Americans, have come a long way, we are still far from treating these individuals as equals. What's more, we have to bring this discrimination into our schools.
It is truly upsetting to see the fervor with which some of my fellow classmates are planning this "Day of Truth." I urge everybody this week, regardless of your personal beliefs, to get off your soapbox, open your mind and heart, and think about the hardships that someone else has to endure. "The Day of Silence" is observed in the hopes that people will learn compassion and be just a little more tolerant.
"Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things." - Romans 2:1
Mallory Deardorff
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
It has come to my attention that several parents and students are planning to protest the "Day of Silence" by observing the "Day of Truth." Clad in T-shirts bearing a Bible verse from Leviticus, these students are planning to use their religion to oppress homosexual students and straight students that accept homosexuality.
Not only do I find this action deeply disturbing, but I see it as an obstacle standing in the way of the progress Warsaw has made by becoming more tolerant and open-minded. Parents claim that homosexuality is an abomination and harm to their children. But in all honesty, I fail to see this supposed "harm." Homosexual individuals are only striving to be treated as equals, (a seemingly small feat, considering that is what our country is supposed to be founded upon). The only harm that is being done is to those individuals who are being antagonized. The parents that are pointing fingers and slinging mud are not protecting their children from harm, but are only harming other people's children.
The purpose of the "Day of Silence" is to draw awareness to the fact that so many gay Americans are victimized and discriminated against. And although we, as Americans, have come a long way, we are still far from treating these individuals as equals. What's more, we have to bring this discrimination into our schools.
It is truly upsetting to see the fervor with which some of my fellow classmates are planning this "Day of Truth." I urge everybody this week, regardless of your personal beliefs, to get off your soapbox, open your mind and heart, and think about the hardships that someone else has to endure. "The Day of Silence" is observed in the hopes that people will learn compassion and be just a little more tolerant.
"Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things." - Romans 2:1
Mallory Deardorff
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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