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Watching 42 the other day, which
I enjoyed, I couldn't help but draw parallels from the civil rights battles
they fought in Jackie Robinson's time to the civil rights battles that are
being fought today. Anyone might tell you that racism is alive in America, but
I think we can all concede that the situations for racial minorities in America
have gotten better and continue to improve. Therefore, the civil rights
movement of today has shifted focus to the LGBT community.
Gay marriage is going to be legalized
in the entire United States. It's just a matter of time. It's crazy that an
idea that was so foreign to me just a few years ago now seems inevitable. I
remember in junior high and high school that kids would use the term
"gay" to refer to things or people they didn't like. Of course, I
don't think they were thinking of the word in the homosexual sense, but it was
still definitely a word that was meant in a derogatory sense. I never thought
much about gays in high school, and now it seems like the gay movement is
everywhere. The conversation is everywhere as well, and people are being forced
to question their preconceptions and beliefs.
