Gay Marriage: Are We Right Or Wrong?

I come from a fairly large family, I have family in most places. Growing up I realized that the adults in my family all believed the same thing. As a young child I thought that the reason they all believed it was because it was right. When a large group of people, especially your family, believe something is right or wrong, then in your young mind they must be the right thing to believe. We never expect for our family to be wrong. But I quickly learned that it wasn 't that they were right or wrong, they simply had a different opinion than I did, I missunderstood.
My mom is from West Virginia and my dad is from Illinois. I was born and raised in North carolina. I have been told that I have a slight southern accent and that I talk really fast. Ever since I was young I have had some trouble with speaking. My elementary school had classes for students like me, but I didn 't have a severe …show more content…
Or how do I feel about gun control laws or abortion. Some people when they ask you that, they don 't really want to know how you feel, they want you to tell them how they feel. While others are open to hearing your actual opinion. My whole life I was brought up to believe that being gay was wrong and that my family would not accept me if I “chose to be gay”. Little did my family know when they said me those things, I am gay. They misunderstand me all the time when me being gay gets brought up. They think that it 's a phase or I’m choosing to live this way or my friends are making me this way but that is far from the truth. When I was younger and I would answer the question “How do you feel about gay marriage?” or “What is your opinion on gays in general” they way I thought was right, which was what my family had drilled in my head for so long. As I got older I once again realized that I am allowed to have my own feelings and opinions without them being