Blog #6

Being raised in a loving christian family, the Westborro Babtist Church's display of utter hatred made me feel sick.  I have always been taught to love the person and hate the sin.  This applies to any "sin" and often homosexuality was one that was mentioned.  I used to believe that homosexuality was a choice, but as I mature I am realizing that it is not that simple.  While I do think that any human being's actions are their own choice, I do not think that what they are sexually attracted to necessarily is.  From all of the homosexual people that I know, most can describe some sort of traumatic experience that happened to them at a young age.  Others tell me that they were "just born that way."  In the book "Middlesex" I was introduced to confusion of sexual identity due to  both biological and emotional reasons.  Despite Cal being raised  as a girl, she/he was born with an attraction to women.  I found the incest in the book weird because it is blatantly defying my religious beliefs as well as the American social norms.  I was uncomfortable with the sexual scene in the bathhouse with Cal as a 7 year old because it was dealing with children.  Despite my discomfort with certain elements of the story, I still loved the characters and couldnt help but hope for their happiness even if it meant them going against my personal ideals.  Overall, I think life would be better if everyone just lived their life the way they want to, and let others do the same.