Journal # 3 "The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword"

Writers have an extraordinary potential to change people's minds and to create revolutions. Reflect upon some of the radical changes that have been wrought by such texts as 'The Declaration of Independence,' 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and 'The Communist Manifesto.' What issues or topics are you interested in exploring in your writing? What changes do you feel are worth making?

I think that there are a lot of things that are worth changing in the world. One thing I feel is worth changing is people's views on gays, lesbians, transexual, bisexuals, etc. People of a different preference for love than the societal norm are often degraded and looked down upon. Being gay is slowly becoming more and more acceptable in today's society, but we still have quite a way to go. The main reason it is not widely accepted is history. In history, people were brought up not liking gays because they were 'wrong.' The traditional union of a man and a woman was accepted, anything else, was not. The people living in these unaccepting times relayed their morales and beliefs onto their children, who then passed it tot heir children and so on. These views of unacceptance have been passed on for generations and generations. There is always a time for people to change. The time can be now, we can rock the nation with this change. Society has slowly begun to change their views, we just need those few unaccepters to accept. The thing that many people in today's society fail to realize is that love is love, no matter with who. As long as two people love each other, and are happy with each other, they should be free to do what they want, without society looking down upon them. Love is blind, so why should gender matter?