"As it turns out, the mere fact of having a unit to myself makes me an aristocrat within the Blue Haven community. The other long-term residents, whom I encounter at the communal laundry shed, are blue-collar people with uniforms and overalls to wash, and generally quiet at night. Mostly they are couples with children, much like the white working-class people occasionally glimpsed on sitcoms, only unlike their TV counterparts, m y neighbors are crowded three or four into an efficiency, or at most a one-bedroom, apartment. One young guy asks which unit I'm in and then tells me he used to live in tat very same one himself--along with two friends. A middle-aged woman with a three-year-old granddaughter in tow tells me, in a comforting tone, that it is always hard at the beginning, living in a motel, especially if you're used to a house, but you adjust after a while, you put it out of your mind. She, for example, has been at the Blue Haven for eleven years now. "
Credits to Barbara Ehrenreich from Nickel and Dimed (70)
According to society's rules, a male must not be attracted to another male and a female must not be attracted to another female. Majority of so-called Christians, who are constantly at the church praying nonstop, say evil-doers must be gays and bisexuals, therefore they deserve no rights. But homosexuals are just like us, those statements from the bible-loving homophones have no actual evidence, we have nothing to fear, the main difference being that homosexuals prefer the same gender, they pose no world-ending, threats. We shouldn't be denying the right to love or marriage when the ones who try to protect it abuse it as well—consider all the divorces. As freedom-loving American citizens the I-hate-gays doesn't suit the American values, in fact it’s contradictory, America believes in equal rights is false, when in reality, anything is that different from the norm, is just another hindrance to society, a crime that we are guilty of. Discrimination, the reason, why America will never be what be what it stands for.
Note: I have nothing against Christians expect for the hard-core ones who believe that eradicating "sinners" is completely acceptable.
Credits to Barbara Ehrenreich from Nickel and Dimed (70)
According to society's rules, a male must not be attracted to another male and a female must not be attracted to another female. Majority of so-called Christians, who are constantly at the church praying nonstop, say evil-doers must be gays and bisexuals, therefore they deserve no rights. But homosexuals are just like us, those statements from the bible-loving homophones have no actual evidence, we have nothing to fear, the main difference being that homosexuals prefer the same gender, they pose no world-ending, threats. We shouldn't be denying the right to love or marriage when the ones who try to protect it abuse it as well—consider all the divorces. As freedom-loving American citizens the I-hate-gays doesn't suit the American values, in fact it’s contradictory, America believes in equal rights is false, when in reality, anything is that different from the norm, is just another hindrance to society, a crime that we are guilty of. Discrimination, the reason, why America will never be what be what it stands for.
Note: I have nothing against Christians expect for the hard-core ones who believe that eradicating "sinners" is completely acceptable.
I'm pro-gay rights, so your post is basically preaching to the choir. I enjoyed reading your post, which like I said isn't hard since we share the same opinion, and I think you did a good job copying the sentence structure.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea and you did a great cropying the passage. A suggestion I would make, however, is to make your thoughts a bit more fluid. Make sure that grammar is not sacrificed for faithfulness to the text.
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