cha cha changes...

Everything changes. Everything. The planet, morals, ideas, culture, faith, religion, education, everything.

My fella and I had a conversation about that this morning. It started because of a local story about a Catholic high-school's employee, who married her same sex partner four years ago. She kept it from the school because, well, it's a Catholic school and apparently it's in her contract not to be immoral? Anyway, the school board found out and suspended her. Now it's national news. First of all, it's a Catholic school. That anybody is surprised by this seems kinda dumb. Beyond that though, how do you feel about that? Would you care if your kid was being taught or counseled by a homosexual? Is your decision based on how you were raised or what you were taught to believe? Do you hold on strongly to the ideas/principles that you were taught as a kid?

Well, I'll be honest...I was raised as a Catholic. I went to a Catholic school that was actually part of a church, for 3rd, 4th and part of 5th grade. So for me, I think the whole lgbt thing goes against the bible. I guess I hold on to that because of my background. But...who am I to judge? I mean, I've never just automatically not liked someone because they were gay. Yes, I'll say that it makes me uncomfortable to see 2 men kissing, but again, that's just something I hold on to. But I don't hate them for it. That would feel wrong to me. I wonder how the iGeneration feels about that? More tolerant than Boomers, for sure. Is that a problem? Oh wait, that's a different discussion :-)

I try not to hold on too strongly to ideas. I like to think that even though I believe or don't believe something, I can still be open to the possibilities. There was a time when people thought the world was flat. As little as 50 years ago, doctors thought that men and women needed the same treatment. Now there are entire hospitals dedicated to the treatment of women. In 1960, only 1/3 of doctors thought smoking was bad for you. Everything changes. All the time.