There are few things in this world that I have thus far come across that I absolutely cannot understand. Sure, I had some trouble in high school physics, but if I worked at it I could grasp the formulas and concepts long enough to do the homework and pass the test. But this, this I cannot understand - the mindset of a majority of people in this area.

Last night, my roommates actually cheered when they heard that Texas had banned gay marriage. They cheered! How ludicrous is that? I hung my head and my roommate was like, "What?" I told her that I am all for gay marriage. She asked, "Why?" (Sounded pretty pissy when she did too.) But my question is "Why not?" How can anyone justify denying rights to another? They say "It's not natural." How? How is it not natural? Gays and lesbians have been around as long as there has been a human population. Ancient Greeks considered homosexual love to be the purest sort of love. How is not natural for someone to find somebody to care about and to be cared about in return? Tell me, 'cause I just don't understand.

But what really gets me is when someone uses Christianity to justify this denial of rights. I truly can't believe that God would driscriminate against anyone for any reason. Everyone in my family (except for one cousin) is Christian. My parents have been Christian their whole lives, 50+ years. My mother is very active in our local church. Yet, despite this, my parents still understand that gays and lesbians deserve to have the same rights as anyone else. So you can't use religion as an excuse, it just won't work.

How in America, a country built on the protection of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," can rights be denied? How can we call ourselves a free country when we pass laws that deny human rights? How? How can rights be denied to anyone on the basis of sexual orientation, race, gender, religion, age, or any other basis?

Just because someone is gay or someone is lesbian does not mean that they aren't still a person. Same as me. Same as you. We're all just folk. We all deserve human rights.