Talofa

Talofa! It means “Hello” or “Hi” in the Samoan language. A kind greeting, I will never forget. When I was in high school there was no such thing as an openly “gay” person. The ones who knew that you were even an ounce of “gay” you were bullied or maybe even worse things happened. One of my close friends, today is happily married to someone of same sex. Many things have changed over the years, but the view of same sex marriage has been in progress for decades. Today all fifty states of American soil are in great bliss of same sex marriage. I applaud that because I am fortunate enough to have such wonderful friends that are lesbians and some that are married within their same sex. They have struggled with it for many years while growing up. It has become more of a fairy tale as the generations change drastically. People do not wake up and just become “gay.” In some cultures, like Samoa and Guam, their cultures are uniquely different from the American dream and there is no prejudice for sexual orientation. “On June 2015, a federal judge in Guam ruled their ban to be unconstitutional, making Guam the first territory to allow same-sex marriage” (NCSL). For one, their families were very supportive of it, America revoked their stereotype and their excuse was that the “bible” states there should not be …show more content…
Unlike Americans, it is thought that Samoans have a third gender. That third gender was never defamed because it was an effort to help around the house and some really believed they were meant to be a girl. Thankfully in America’s effort in trying to be the best nation as it states, now same sex marriage is legal in all fifty states. Many men and women have been overwhelmingly amazed because now they know how Samoans are such happy people regardless of same sex marriage or being “gay.” This is an accomplishment of races in many ways, one being properly called a