This post is a little different than what I usually post about but it’s been on my mind a lot with what’s going on in the world lately. And I think it’s something that needs to be talked about even if people don’t want to. I rewrote this about five times to try and get all the thoughts in line. Most of you know that I’m a very open minded person and that I support and respect everyone no matter what. That being said, I support and respect everyone regardless of their sexuality. Whether you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or anything else, I support you and respect you. I do not think any less of you. And some people don’t have the same views pas I do, which is why I decided to write about this. It needs to be talked about.

Everyone loves someone. Whether it’s a man loving a woman, a woman loving a man, man loving a man, a woman loving a woman, or someone loving both. It’s still love. And we are living in a world where we were making steps in the direction of having this normalized. But now, we are taking some steps backward. The other day in the news, I saw that a country was now stoning people for not being straight. It absolutely breaks my heart. It breaks my heart that we can’t accept people as they are, and are taking their own beliefs to this extreme. It breaks my heart that people are afraid to be themselves because of what people will do to them. Weather it’s being bullied and harassed, your family being upset and wanting to “disown” you or being the target of mass tragedies, which has sadly happened more times that I even want to think.

We live in a world where we are too consumed in ourselves and our beliefs that we are beyond cruel to anyone who has different beliefs. If someone has different beliefs or views than someone else, we don’t even take the time to realize that there is something different than what we know. Not saying that all Catholics are like this, but a lot don’t accept someone loving the same gender, or multiple genders. And some of these people take their beliefs to the extreme. Others are starting to realize that these beliefs aren’t the only ones, and that love can be between anyone, and are apologizing for the cruelness towards these other people. If these religious groups can realize this, I don’t understand why it is hard for other people to realize this.

Let me tell you a quick story.

Some of you know that I work in a daycare. For a little bit, I was in the preschool room with three year olds. One day after nap, a group of kids, two girls and two boys, were playing a game of house. The two girls were arguing about which one of them was going to play the mommy in the game. The one little boy said “you can both be the mommy”. There was no objection or hesitation between anyone, and their game just went on like normal. They continued their game with two mommies who had two boys. These kids are three and they get it. They don’t see anything wrong with someone having two mommies. They see that parents, who obviously love each other, can be anyone regardless of their gender or sexuality. If these three years can understand and accept it, why can’t most people?

Even though we have taken some steps backwards, we have taken many steps forwards. In a lot of places, same sex marriage is legal, and considered normal to a lot of people. I think there are a lot of people around the world who need to become more open minded and see outside of the box that they are used to. People need to grow up and realize that there are more than just their own views and beliefs. We need to grow up and learn to accept people as they are because it is not fair for people to be living in fear by just being who they are. We need to grow up and realize that it doesn’t matter who it’s between, that love is love.