Recently in the media, there has been a letter that was
written by a fourth grader that went viral. The guidelines that the child was
given for the paper was only that it was supposed to be persuasive, and they
could choose whatever topic they wanted. This fourth grader boldly chose gay
marriage as his topic. This topic is one that has always seemed to obvious to
me, yet despite many conservative views, there hasn’t been complete
gratification with making gay marriage legal across the country. With this lack
of progress comes a lot of frustration. When this young child was writing his
essay on such an important topic, his solution for the stagnant progress is
really refreshing. He says, “"Why gay people should be
able to get married is you can't stop two adult's from getting married because
there grown and it doesn't matter if it creeps you out just get over it. And
you should be happy for them because it's a big moment in their life. When I
went to my grandparents wedding it was the happies moment." His teacher
read his essay and put it on their reddit account, where then it went viral
across all social media websites, even news stations like ABC. People are
amazed that a young child could have such a simple view on gay marriage. Frankly,
I feel that this is a view that many people in the gay community or people who
are in favor of gay marriage have stated. Where their comments have been swept
under the rug, it makes me question if this child’s words will be also. This
has the potential, if it gains enough steam, to catch Washington’s attention
and (hopefully!!) finalize equal-marriage rights in the United States. You can view a picture of the essay here.
(Alex Bopp)
Gay marriage is a sensitive topic and a problem always arises when the issue is addressed. However, we have fourth grader who writes about gay marriage and who supports it. As adults we forget that importance of the simple things and make them complicated. If two people love each other, regardless of who they are then they should be able to get married. If the two people take care of each other, if they support each other, if they fight for each other then they should be able to get married. Kids show us how we should behave in the world and as people who lead them as role models, we must learn how to live in a world where we accept anyone.
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