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View everyone as equals

Sun., Jan. 6, 2013

My view on gay marriage is that everyone should be viewed as equals. I think that everyone should have the right to love and be loved.

Love has no expectations. No one should be discriminated against because of whom they love. I think if people don’t want to see it then they don’t have to look.

Sometimes, it may not be the person’s choice whom they choose to love. They could have been born that way or raised to believe certain things. Love is between two people. It may be a man or a woman, man and a man or two women.

Yes, some people may disagree with me, and they may have arguments with this particular law. But all in all, I believe that no matter who you are, what you have done, you are still a person and you should not be judged.

Jenifer Cogswell

Spokane

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