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Pay the Way

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Warriors fight and die for a nation.

Never questioning the validity of their cause.

They act selflessly asking and receiving very little in return.

They die in the deserts, thousands of miles away from their homes.

Enduring unimaginable physical and mental wounds.

Limbs missing and soul shattered.

Yet never questioning the validity of their cause.

The nation and its leaders will never understand.

Their pay cut and for what, to balance scales.

No no its politics, the goal is to simply appear to solve problems.

The soldiers are cut, their sacrifices are diminished.

All they have given to a nation is forgotten.

Gay Rights

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Who the hell do you think you are to deny an innocent American citizen their rights?

Obviously you think you are doing the “right” thing, the “better” thing.

You are not.

The only difference between LGBT and heterosexuals is who they are attracted to, oh and that LGBT on average have a higher IQ and are much less likely to commit a felony.

So why are LGBT people looked down upon so much in our country? It really baffles me that so many people could have a hatred towards people who are just attracted to the same sex as themselves, I really cannot understand.

Homophobia is one thing. I for one do not have it but one cannot be fully criticized simply for their irrational feelings. That being said, even if there are many homophobes, that is no reason for LGBT to be denied the rights that heterosexual people have.

We have come a long way in our country in respect to the rights of minorities. African Americans and women received the right to vote and discrimination laws swept the country.

Yet, we are still living in the distant past when it comes to our county’s feelings regarding homosexuality. We need to grow up.

I was recently reading a story about the suicide rates among teens in an area of Minnesota who have been taunted for being gay and lesbian.

Throughout the country we see an absurdly high suicide rate among young LGBT people. This is unacceptable and it needs to stop.

No one, and especially young people, should be teased for their sexuality. I don’t care what your beliefs are regarding homosexuality, no one deserves to be teased and bullied and pushed to the point of having suicidal tendencies.

It makes me sick to hear that so many kids across our supposedly accepting country are facing the horrors of being bullied for their sexuality. It appalls me that more has not been done to cease this unacceptable behavior.

I want to see a country where people are not frowned upon for what attracts them, where we can accept people who are living their lives and not trying to harm anyone around them. I want us to move forward and banish our misconceptions about homosexuality to the pages of history where I am sure we will be mocked for the injustices we have committed.

The So-Called Strip Search

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Humiliation was not the only feeling entered my mind when the so-called strip search happened to me at the airport security point.

The procedure for this process is extremely demanding.

A person must have their necessarily removable clothes in the public and all possessions taken away for examination. Then, a x-ray body scanner will scan the person comprehensively, giving a holistic naked view of the body to the airport.

However, this picture unsafely divulging every body part failed to satisfy the security, introducing another step to this procedure.

From now on, every person has to go through the physical strip search.

Some say this approach will necessarily guarantee their safe flight better.

As a person who has experienced this hands-on strip search, the process did not seem to produce such a relieving effect. Instead, I felt an outrage for such demands and longer line to wait. Most people also did not look so content waiting in an extensive line to have their body searched physically and mechanically.

Perhaps, the security checks at American airports have recognized the ridiculous aspects of this search violating the very basic human rights such as privacy. On a small, almost ignorable sized sign, it noted that people were free to ask for “private” strip search.

Can’t they understand that I just wanted to fly safe, not to feel the degradation through the so-called strip search?