Where is the love?

Soldiers have fought for our freedom of speech, given us the right to have an opinion, and have lost their lives giving us that right and I feel like everyday people are spitting in their faces by not respecting the First Amendment.

Example Kirk Cameron: The former Growing Pains star recently gave a interview on his thoughts on gays tying the knot, Cameron said, "Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the Garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either." "So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't." And when asked if he thought homosexuality was a sin, Cameron went on to say, "I think that it's unnatural. I think that it's detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization."

Now, my views are opposite of his and I do believe that if gays want to marry, let them. It doesn't make marriage in my eyes any different but for so many others they can't agree to disagree and give him his right to use his First Amendment and say how he is thinking. What's the point of having a First Amendment if you are criticized every time you use it? They say what he said was "hate speech". Why because he didn't fall in line and defend the "Gays".  I don't agree with that.

You can put the same issues when it comes to religion. If someone doesn't believe in God, all the religious followers will call them nasty names, damn them to hell and try and get them to see it their ways. Same goes for someone who believes in a different religion. Same goes for sexual orientation, race, gender, age, etc.

Where is the love in this world? Where is the understanding? One of the great things about this amazing country of ours is the diversity of it's people. We are all different, come from different stories and all have something amazing to bring to the table. If we could find time to accept people the way they are and learn to enjoy the experiences they bring, life would be a better place all around.

Our First Amendment gives us the right to be different, to have different views and there's nothing wrong with having them in a respectful way.

"The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances."