What Is Your Purpose In Life?

I know that it has been way too long since I have blogged. Things have been so crazy in Amanda-land that I haven't had time to breathe lately. Just a quick update: I started my own business (Amanda Grace Design, and yes we are on Facebook!) and have been ridiculously busy promoting and establishing clients and such.

A friend of mine shared this with me this morning, and it really made me realize how instrumental teachers are in the lives of children. I not only date a teacher, but I am very good friends with a large number of educators, including an Exceptional Children teacher. I think that this article speaks for itself, so I will let you read it. When you're done, please continue reading my post, because I have a few things to add.

Indiana Teacher vs. LGBT Students

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As everyone who has read one of my blogs before knows, I love everyone. I don't judge based on your race, skin color, religion or lack-there-of, and especially, their sexual orientation, which is why this article truly upsets me. 

As a teacher, you're supposed to support and encourage all of your students, not just the ones that you happen to agree with. It's one thing to state that you don't agree with people who are gay. It's a completely different situation entirely to respond, when asked if she thought that gays had a purpose in life, "“I don’t. I personally don’t. I’m sorry. I just — I don’t understand it… A gay student or adult or person isn’t going to come up isn’t going to come up and make some change, unless it’s because they realize, ‘You know what? It was a choice and I’m choosing God.’”

Wait, what? I'm sorry, you don't think that people who are LGBT have a purpose in life? Someone needs to stand up and inform Mrs. Medley that passing judgment is not the job of earthly beings, and is instead reserved for when we ascend into the next life. We were all created equal, but we were not all created the same. I'm sorry if this is something that is beyond the comprehension of Mrs. Medley, but I certainly hope that her bigotry, hatred, and downright rudeness is not beyond the comprehension of the Sullivan County, Indiana school board, her fellow teachers, her principal, her neighbors, and her family. 

Lord knows I'm not, and have never claimed to be, a perfect Christian. However, I do have to say that the one area that I will never fall short in is loving thy neighbor as thyself. 

Each person that we encounter in life deserves to be treated with respect, decency, love, kindness, and equality. So today when I sit down to eat dinner, I will add a moment of prayer not only for the students of Mrs. Medley, but for Mrs. Medley herself. May God allow her to open her eyes, heart, and mind to the reality of our world, and to accept others for the way that God created them, whether she agrees with Him or not. 

Amen.