Keepin' it Real

In the society that we as Americans live in today is full of different types of discrimination. It can be your skin color, your age or your gender, but the real discrimination starts when you have come to the conclusion that you were born the wrong gender. I personally don't have a problem with what sex you are and if you choose to be with the same sex, that is your prerogative, only God has the power to judge you.
I am a strong believer in the Bible so I do know that it is wrong to date the same sex but again that's only between you and God. Life is really to short to sit around and someone else on type of lifestyle they choose to live.
I have a five year old son that questions me everyday about everything. Kids are really smart today, and observe what goes around them. It will surprise you at some of the things kids can notice even though you think they're too young. I try to speak with my son daily about how to differentiate what is wrong and what is right. I have spoken with him about homosexuality, such as men dating men and women dating women, even though it's wrong, we don't have the power to condemn someone for how to live. I hope that my daily talks will influence as he ventures out in life without me and is able to experience these things with his own eyes. I also hope is open-minded enough to accept him or her as a person and not judge by their sexuality.
Kids today are exposed too so much, and we as parents have no choice but to be upfront with our children and let them know that homosexuality do exist. Homosexuals don't only show up on television or at the store. We live among them, it could be someone as close a relative or even a teacher or community leader.
Though, I'm not saying that I would approve of this person having such an influence over my child, I am able to give that person the benefit of the doubt and allow him or her to do their jobs as long their personal lifestyle doesn't interfere. Basically, to make a long story short we as a people do not have the right or the power to sit back and judge anyone because we all have our own faults.
Everybody has the right to speak their mind. So people are going to say what they want to say and feel how they want to feel. I just feel like people of America need to stop wasting time on things like letting gays teach. We should be more focused on what’s more important. I don’t feel like a gay teacher teaching my child would affect him or her up no more than a straight person. I just feel like everybody deserves a fair chance. We cannot sit back and treat gays like they are just not apart of this world. I have a friend whose father is gay. He is a librarian in Atlanta, Ga. My point, he loves to read, so he has just read about every book there is to read. When kids come in the library they always ask for him to help them out on things like essays or just when they are not understanding a book. He does not discuss his personal lifestyle with them at all and I don’t think that the kids are not curious but it is left a closed subject.