Journal Two Entry One

My topic is same sex marriage. Same sex marriage is legal, but still not truly accepted. Today in 2020 people are becoming more accepting to this but it seems that the “old timers” are just not there yet. It may be the way they were raised and what they were taught, but that’s how it was back then. Now people who are growing up are seeing that it is more common and it will eventually be considered “normal”. There is nothing wrong with same sex marriage. You can’t change or tell someone who they love. Love is love, the definition of love states ” a great interest and pleasure in something or an intense feeling of deep affection.” In that definition I do not see nor do I read anything about only a man and a woman can marry or be in love. You should not be judged for you love, now you don’t necessarily have to like it but you also don’t have to like your daughters boyfriend but you do have to respect them. I read an article that a gay couple couldn’t help his husband when he was on life support and he couldn’t make any of the decisions or even be in the room because he wasn’t ‘family’. Reading that and thing about myself and how upset I would be if I couldn’t see my significant other while they were in a life or death situation or make any decisions on their behalf, that’s awful. I would never wish that on anyone and its just a hard thing to wrap your mind around that people who aren’t “normal” have to go through such hoops to just be a married couple and be treated the same way and have the same rights.