I want to take back those words. I want to take back the hesitation in my eyes when a friend asked me if I believed that gay marriage should be legal. I think that hesitation hurt worse than the vilest slur. I want to take back those words not to be politically correct but to prevent causing the people I love pain. Frankly, I still don't know what to believe about a lot of things anymore, but I don't think I can hold onto beliefs that hurt people any longer.
Beliefs can hurt people just as much as actions.
Of course the gay community was hurt by the Matthew Shepard slaying, but the states that currently deny gay people the same rights of straight people probably hurt just as much. Legislators couldn't separate their beliefs from their actions. Neither can we. Copy Desk Chief Tara Pope is a graduating senior religion major from Longview. But in life, there are some things we can change and some things we cannot.