Civil Rights

So, recently I've seen this picture circulating Facebook under the caption "we are all the same hit like and share if u agree <3" Aside from the distasteful lack of spelling and punctuation, I have to say I vehemently disagree with this statement. First off, people's skeletons aren't all the same. Sure, gay people and straight people might have similar skeletons, but people from different regions of the world don't. Particularly the skulls are shaped somewhat differently depending on what part of the world your ancestors come from. Scientists use this to study where a skeleton comes from.

Also, what is all this hype about "everyone being the same"? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for civil rights and equal treatment, yada yada yada, but we aren't all the same! That's not how God made us! What would the fun be in all being the same? People are different. That's the beauty of humanity. I think what we need is people accepting each other for who they are, regardless of differences. And this isn't saying that I accept everything people do. I don't agree that it's okay to be gay. I'm sorry, but I don't. The bible specifically tells us that being gay is not okay, (heh, I made a rhyme) and I believe that everything the bible says is true.(See 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. It doesn't get much clearer than that.) That being said, I am not going to condemn homosexuals for being gay. I would rather love them for who they are- not what they do- and, if they are willing to listen, give them my opinion on it.

Also, I don't think we can smash whites and blacks into the same group either. The cultural dynamics- not always, but frequently- are very different. Again, this is not saying I have anything specifically against black people, and I have no qualms being friends with them.

Anyway, I feel like I'm starting to dig myself in a hole of racist- sounding comments now, so I'll shut up. I really just wanted to say that people aren't all the same. And that's okay.

Lisa