Cheyenne

I'm pretty pissed off today. All due to my father, and the rest of the southern United States.
We've been arguing a lot recentely(big surprise), and his ignorance surprises me.
Don't get me wrong, I love my father. But, some of his beliefs really make me realize whats wrong with the world today.

I notice a theme in the south. Its quite a trend. Its called prejudice and discrimination.
Almost everyone here is one of the following - racist, sexist, or homophobic. Most of the time they're all three.
I'm tired of the 'being gay is wrong because its not the Christian way'. I say screw that.
And the 'man is head of the house, because the bible says so.' No fucking way.
And why is any race that is not your own suddenly not good enough for you? Intteracial love is NOT smiled upon in most the state of Arkansas.

Who the hell are you to tell someone they're not aloud to marry the person they love? I'm so tired of hearing, 'Its not right. Man is made for woman, and woman for man.' What if man doesn't want woman? Being gay is not something you can control. Its not like you tell yourself 'I'm going to be really turned off by the opposite sex, and only want to be with someone of my own gender.' Thats not the way it works. Just like straight people don't tell themselves that they're not going to be gay.
Its not a choice. Its just who you are.
Kind of like how one person will like the way sushi tastes, and others will hate it. Your taste buds say 'bleh', or 'yum'.
Only in this case, your gender buds are doing the talking.
Classifying someone by sexual preference is the biggest load of shit I've ever heard. 'Oh, he's gay? I hate him.' What the hell is wrong with you? Get over it.
Its not like they're affecting you by liking the same sex. They don't have anything to do with you.
If you're not gay, thats fine. Just don't discriminate because others aren't the exact same as you. The world would be a pretty damn boring place if it wasn't so diverse.

And sexism. Man is not greater than woman. Just as woman is not greater than man.
If I ever get married, I will NOT let my husband think he owns the house, me, the kids, the pets, etc. It will be a co-ownership. There won't be any of that 'before we can do anything we have to ask your father' crap. I'm so tired of hearing that.
Man does not control me.

Now racism. Just because someones skin is a different color than yours, does not make them so much different than you. Yes, they come from different places and believe different things. Yes, their culture is different.
But thats what makes the world beautiful.

You want to throw around this 'all men are created equal' crap. Yet most of you don't believe it yourselves.

Diversity is beautiful. Embrace it.