Thumbs Up Chris Christie, Thumbs Down Conservitive Religious, Ignorant Parents

SPOILER ALERT: Contraversy ahead

      Reading the news is a great way to get my blood pressure to careen out of control. I read an article this morning about Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey. He has recently come under heat in the media for not passing legislature that would legalize gay marriage, but the law eventually/recently went through without his consent (you probably heard about this). Apparently, he also recently did something a little out of character in comparrison to his stance on gay marriage (mentioned negatively above). He voted down a bill that would allow “gay conversion therapy” which lets people attend counseling to help them “get over” same sex tendencies and sexual “confusion” (obviously a religiously backed idea and he actually voted to keep this kind of counseling from happening).

     There is a married, straight couple who is suing him, stating the illegality of this type of counseling violates their rights. Their son is showing “unwanted” sexual confusion and tendencies and has contemplated suicide and without this counseling, they fear for his safety (from himself). How about this: He doesn’t feel welcome in his own home; in his own world; amongst those of his own bloodline, who should be loving and accepting him UNCONDITIONALLY. Maybe THAT’S why he feels that suicide is the answer. The world they've raised him in has led him to believe that the way he is and feels is wrong and he feels helpless so he sees suicide as his only option for peace. Flip your ideas on their end and try LOVE for a change and change YOURSELVES instead of trying to get your son to accept YOUR ways.

     Even the most minimal knowledge in commmunication and conflict management teaches us that ONLY YOU CAN CHANGE YOU AND IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS TO CHANGE OTHERS. This makes me absolutely sick and I feel for the child AND for Chris Christie, who has done something to alter the public’s opinion of him and now is being punished (potentially) for doing what’s right. To some, this may have been a ploy to gain votes considering the upcoming election, I certainly see the potential for that, but let's look at it for what it it instead of what it could be.

     Organized Religion is poisoning our sociey. Just because the masses say it’s right, that doesn’t make it right. Just because it’s “what we’ve always done and been told” doesn’t make it right. Obviously, hate kills. I wish I could giv ethat poor kid a hug and let him know that someday, he’ll rise above adversity BECAUSE of his struggles and should never succomb to the hatred of others. Obviously, this issue has me a bit heated.