Jessica+Pasillas

 ====//[|Jessica Pasillas] is a dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School]and a member of the Catholic Church Youth Group. //==== February 14, 2013
 * The Forgotten Commandment **

====On a [|study] made by USA Today, statistics show that 3.4% of our nation’s adults define themselves as part of the LGBT. Out of that 3.4%, only 2.8% make an income of $60,000 or more. That is due to the fact that only 3.2% actually earn a postgraduate or college degree. That sums up part of an individual’s life who identifies themselves as a member of the LGBT. These human beings are victims of discrimination. Growing up being rejected because of their sexuality has resulted in loss of self-esteem which holds them back from trying to pursue a better life. We all have the right to be happy; no one can take that away from us. However, we as human beings have to realize that we are preventing other individuals from living a happy life. ==== ====Christianity-wise, we are to believe men should marry women and women should marry men. However, as Christians we should also believe no one is born perfect, and we are all born in sin. I do not believe there should be gay or lesbian marriage through the church because in the church’s eyes, it should be men who marry women. However, I believe these LGBT individuals have the right to be able to marry through the government. They should also have the right to be part of the church. We cannot take away their religious views either. ==== ====I believe we all are being selfish in some sort of way. For those of us, who are not part of the LGBT, we need to stop and think of what we are doing. There are no words or actions that can change the way these LGBT individuals think. If they are gay or lesbian, they are gay and lesbian. We might discriminate against them, which may cause a lot of gay/lesbian cases to be unheard of or unknown. A gay/ lesbian individual may never come out to the world and define themselves as part of the LGBT because of the intimidation that our discrimination causes. That won’t change the way they feel inside, though. No matter how many times we put them down they will still be gay/lesbian, and we cannot take that feeling away from them. ==== ====For those who are gay/lesbian, they are being selfish by thinking we are being unfair to them because they are not straight. What these gay/lesbian individuals have to think is that most of our population is not used to those things. And, just because part of our populations is gay or lesbian that doesn’t mean we need to encourage everyone else to change their sexuality. It is still wrong, and gays and lesbians need to think that they are different. It may make us feel uncomfortable because we believe it is wrong, and they too cannot take that view away from us. ==== ====Both sides of the situation need to think that we are all just defending our views. However, what we all need to learn and put to practice is a commandment that has been with us all of our lives and that needs to be passed on to the next generations. A great man once said, “"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,” John 13:34. No matter what our views are we are all God’s children, and he will love us all the same way. We need to quit being selfish and think of one another. Just like we don’t want people to change our view, we cannot expect to change someone else’s. We need to learn to accept that no one is perfect. Learn that we are all born in some type of sin. But above all, learn that we need to love one another because that is the only way that will keep us going with our lives. It is the only way we will have salvation. Living in hatred is not what we need to do. We need to live in faith, hope and love. Faith that will help us accept one another. Hope that we will all reach salvation and love that will take us there. ====


 * The Pursuit of Happiness:Gay and Lesbian Marriage //Should there be a constitutional amendment that //

//allows gays and lesbians to legally marry? //
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 * **DEBATERS: ** ||  ||
 * Moving Forward to Gay Marriage //Gabby Dominguez, ////senior student at [|Eldorado High School.] // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:gaby.jpg width="192" height="144" link="ehseaglesenglish/Gabriela Dominguez"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Its A Traditon, Why Change It? //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Diego Sanchez, senior ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"> at [|Eldorado High school]. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:Diego photo.jpg link="ehseaglesenglish/Diego Sanchez"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marriage: Love is Love //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alex McMayon, active dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School]. // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/mee.jpg width="195" height="287"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gay Marriage is An Abomination //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blaine Mitchell, dual credit and honors student at [|Eldorado High School]. // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/Blaine.jpg width="167" height="216"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Broken Pursuit of Happiness //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chasity Willis, senior at [|Eldorado High School]. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:my pic.jpg width="172" height="230"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheres The Emotion In Marriage? //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin Hibbs, student at [|Eldorado High School.] // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/meee.jpg width="178" height="178"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Narrow Minded Nation //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marcus Perez, senior at [|Eldorado High School]. // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/iPhone 4 Pics;) 281.JPG width="170" height="169"]] ||