The beautiful-red-equal sign.

Tonight, I had coffee with good friends a little too close to my bed-time, which is apparently anywhere within six hours of having the cup of coffee. Needless to say, I'm wide awake at this hour.

Things I'd like to talk about:

Warning message: DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED, I AM HONEST, BUT NONE OF THESE WORDS ARE TO BE TAKEN PERSONALLY

I'm involved with the church-crowd. I love every minute of it. The people are great.

Last week I posted the beautiful- red- equal sign as my profile picture, why? Because I agree 100% with what it stands for. I was approached by some fellow church-goers about why I had chosen to post the image as my profile pic, even though I believe in God and according to "their" interpretation of the bible, it is against God's will for a marriage to be between same-sex couples.

Heated in the moment at what (in my opinion) appeared to be plain ignorance, I told them I 100% agreed with what it stood for, but failed to give them good reason why...with words anyway...

This had occurred before a volleyball game with friends, in which we proceeded to begin warm-ups. Still slightly heated, and in my childish  (non-verbal ways of communicating, which I am well-known for) I began making my point with the volleyball.

Our team peppered back and fourth. When I received the ball, I would gently pass it to one of my other teammates, but every time I passed it to a specific person (who had asked me the question about my profile pic) I would spike it at them extra hard. After, several rounds of this pattern, I asked the person, if they too liked being treated in a different way than everyone else.

Although I personally find this explanation of my beliefs to be funny, I'm not sure everyone can understand my point so clearly.

So, with that being said:

The red-equal sign has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with your religious beliefs as a person. We live in America, where we pride ourselves on being a FREE & EQUAL COUNTRY. How can we deny anybody the rights that are so clearly given to everyone else in the country? Would you really like to put yourself between someone and their happiness because of your own beliefs? Have some empathy people. How would you like somebody telling you, who you could and could not marry? Sounds pretty ridiculous right?

                                        Yesterday's racists look like fools to us, today.

                               
                                 Imagine what these people will look like to future generations….


Love,

Han B.