Go to the Prom with the Opposite Gender or We Will Just Cancel It: Not Flying with Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan replies in quite the defensive matter when he is informed about the two girls in Mississippi who wanted to go to their prom in tuxedos. The school district decided that it would be easier to cancel the whole prom than to let two girls in tuxedos escort each other. I agree with Mr. Sullivan, I believe that since it seems that parts of California appear to be ashamed of diversity, we should shove diversity right back.

Why are they so afraid of how cute girls look in menswear?...We have a feeling, even though we are old, that some girls are bringing girls to homecoming/prom/fancy-wear day dances these days...Are you one of those girls/boys? Well let’s celebrate those photos everyone is so f*cking afraid of!

This nation needs to take the whole sexuality thing under its wing and not only protect the differences but also flaunt them. Since when do we shun difference, when did being unique become taboo?

Homosexuality in Uganda

A new law in Uganda has banned homosexuality from its borders. In fact if one is found to have had same-sex relations they are not only thrown in jail, but sentenced to death. How can people in this nation be supportive of a minority governed by different laws? On the other hand, maybe people in this state wouldn't even care given that they voted down marriage equality. It's hard to imagine how America could possibly help in this situation; an even scarier thought is that the new laws in Uganda might be a prophesy of what's to come in America. It's already bad enough that people find relationships that have nothing to do with them important, what happens if some go as far to make laws against being gay and then even to the death penalty. It's an interesting thought to imagine the death row in a high security prison lined up with murderers, rapists, serial killers and then your overflow of gay people. Those homosexuals, dangerous in all their capacity they are. What is Uganda thinking, it has larger issues then homosexuality to deal with, such as famine, disease and probably a failing economy. As I elaborate more on Uganda, it is beginning to sound more and more like California.

Counciman Bob Kellar- "The Proud Racist"

Bob Kellar, a former two-time mayor of Santa Clarita, states at an anti-immigration rally that, "the US has room for only one flag and one language".

To start off, what kind of arrogant patriot of America now led by an African American, makes that kind of snide comment. I know it might have been in the heat of the moment, but there is just no excuse for that kind of hatred. In fact, if he wants this country to be all American, there would be no one left. Everyone came to America at some point in time. As for the part about one language; that was just unintelligent to say. In this educated world, knowing and speaking more than one language is qualified as an aid to this world. It is this kind of comment that gives America a bad name; this just fortifies the stereotypical country that wants nothing to do with the outside world. How can a person so cavalierly say such a thing when so many of us, so many of us in high powered positions, matter in this country.

Today I was thinking about America's past reputation involving slavery and the hatred that accompanied it, and how far we had come to even express our equality to elect an African American president. It's thoughts like these that make many patriots proud; America can play nice. It's one of those thoughts that makes the US seem a little more respectable; and it is those thoughts of hatred and prejudice that drag us back to our ugly, tainted views.