gay marriage

Traditionally, marriage is referred to man and woman but how about the marriage between man and man or woman and woman. In the U.S., if you ask people how you feel about homosexuality, nearly seventy percent of people will respond “Yes, gays should have the same rights as the normal couple such as, the equal protection of law.” However, few countries in the world have been legalized for gay marriage. It is prohibited by law and is still condemned by the public for many stereotypes. I admit it is hard to persuade everyone accepts gay marriage but my opinion is that gay should have their rights in deciding their mates.


People may claim that homosexuality is against the moral of marriage. “Bible shows that gay relationship is not permitted so I do not agree with it.” a typical disciple said. While it is true that you hold your religious freedom and believes the holy Bible, but this objection ignores what your own thought toward the issue. Sometimes, you should get out of the restrictions that religions impose on you so that you could hear your inner voice. Many people, before they believes in religions, might not against gay marriage but after they become Christian, the agreement toward gay relationship totally disappear because they do not want to violate the rules. However, the meaning of freedom in religion also implies not losing your freedom in religion. Religion is a form to give you peace rather than take out of your right to think.


People might accept that gay marriage might be legalized but they are worried about the wild spread of homosexuality in public and school. Surely, I cannot disagree with the fact that in public and school, there might suddenly appear many homosexuality but why don’t you look on the positive side that the benefits of gay marriage might solve current social problems. It is because gay marriages have been legalized in Denmark since 1989 that have changed people’s bias. They begin to reconsider that the law might beneficial to our society including the reduction in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. AIDS is rising steadily in Asia. As of July 2003, India's HIV-positive people numbered about 4.6 million, roughly 0.9% of the working adult population. In China the number was roughly from 1 million to 1.5 million. However, Hugo Mialon and Andrew Francis, Two researchers from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, used thirty years of data to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS infection to attitudes of tolerance towards lesbian and gay Americans. They found that “Bans on gay marriage [cause] more gay people to shift to sexual behaviors that carry more risk.” It is important that gay marriage would more or less decrease the rate of AIDS so long as it is legalized in more countries.


People might claim that base on their religious freedom, they are against but in doing this, you do not really gain freedom in religion because you lose out of yourself. Also, people are afraid of the wild spread of same-sex couple but don’t you scare of the rising of AIDS around the world? Gay marriage might not be so horror as you have imagined. Perhaps, you should give them the same equality because they also need respect from others as married couples.

Departures

This was a touching film that changed my attitude toward the job of putting dead body into coffin. Daigo used to be a famous cello player but lost his job as he did not have enough money to pay for the debt. He saw the classified ad entitled “departure,” and there were no limitation for capabilities. As he went to the interview, what shocked him was the job went beyond his expectation but later on reluctantly accepted it. Daigo’s first task was to move the dead body which made him vomit. The employer’s peaceful attitude toward the death calmed Daigo down. As time passed, he gradually took pride in this job and felt respect for his employer. However, his wife, Mika, asked him to quit it or she would go back to her hometown. What made Daigo astonished was Mika’s response to his job. A word “Disgusting.” beat Daigo’s heart violently and he made up his mind to stick to the job. Hard as Daigo felt, his friend even blamed him for working at this kind of job. Things changed as the woman who run the public bath died. Daigo’s wife and his friend turned their bias into respect for him. Finally, Daigo knew that his father still cared about him and as he died, he still treasured the little stone.


Mika always supported Daigo when he bought an expensive cello and went in debt without informing her. The scene still deeply rooted in my mind. As Mika found out about Daigo’s work, she could not bear any more but burst out a word “Disgusting.” that hurt his husband’s heart. If I were Mika, would I respond the same way just because he was my husband? His hands had touched the dead body and it must be dirty. I would not be willing to live with him unless he quit the job. Later on, Mika was pregnant and asked Daigo how he would be proud of his job and would not let his children feel ashamed of his father’s profession. Of course, children often had fathers around to act as role models. If I were the child whose father’s job was to beautify the dead people, I would not really appreciate him. But after seeing Departures, I realized it was because of the bias existed among us that shaped our perception toward things. I would like to looked on the bright side and consider Daigo’s job was an honor for the death.


The big and small stone not only linked Daigo and his father but also Daigo and his child. Daigo only had the vague image of his father and mad at his father for abandoning his family. However, his wife held the opposite opinion about Daigo’s mother’s feeling about his father. Daigo’s mother must love his father so much or she would not arrange the Disc orderly. My father was a serious person and never did he give me award as I made progress in academic work. One time, as I went back home, a new bicycle stood right in the balcony. I just could not help cry and ran to my father. He must feel proud of my diligence and I was moved by his unusual way of showing his love for me. Parents’ love would be forever unless I did not want to catch it. At the significant moment, Daigo passed down the stone to his unborn baby to show his love as his father had done.


I will recommend this touching movie to two groups. One is people who as I, at beginning, feel afraid of the job and do not have courage to appreciate it. But “Departure” do change my prejudice and now, I believe each kind of job have its dignity. Everyone should always put their foot in other’s shoes and do not judge things by its appearance. The second is younger generation who change their job frequently. There are no perfect jobs unless you contribute yourself in it and have confident of what you have done.