Freshman Seminar Spring 2011: F6A

Personally, I think that anyone should be able to freely share and explore what it is that they feel inside. Therefore I think that homosexuals should be treated no different than heterosexuals because they are no different. I comprehend how difficult it is to come out of the closet for Muslims (for the homosexuals) because of their religious beliefs, but I think that if they believe God loves them, then He would be able to accept them no matter what. However since they are raised with the idea that it is basically forbidden, their heads are filled with this strain because it is not something they can change; it is simply the way they feel. Evidently, feelings cannot magically be changed just because the surrounding people seem to disagree with it.

While watching the movie, I must admit that I was primarily awakened by the fact that laws discriminating homosexuals and religious beliefs, in general are a lot stricter elsewhere than in New York, or in my personal life too. I guess people in the United States don’t realize how lucky they are to be able to express themselves without being wrongfully judged. One fact that shot out to me was when being a homosexual was now a disease. I feel a great disturbance in my heart knowing that so many people are suffering just because they differ in a way that isn’t allowed where they live.

After watching the movie, I really feel for those who aren’t free to express themselves. It’s sad that people are tormented throughout their whole lives for being peculiar in other people’s eyes. (Whether it’s physical or mental torment) I know it’s a terrorizing war to battle yourself and your beliefs so having to battle everyone else clearly makes everything ten times harder. I just hope that with each passing day, more and more people are able to love the way they want to because although it is said that it is wrong, it is just the way people are born.