Stand Up Speak Out

    Stand Up Speak Out

Many teenagers go through a lot during their high school experiences. Their experiences perhaps depend on how they focus on school, their behavior towards not only classes but with other students, and how they are treated by other teenagers. Gay students really get affected by the mistreatments that they go through constantly every day, one of the leading causes of teenager’s suicides. This not only happens in West Adams High School, it happens throughout the world. I am for gay rights and believe that they have a right to be treated with respect.

Most parents and teenagers believe that being gay is a sin.  I oppose that because I believe that God loves us all and gay people have the right to be loved. Not only in religion, but also in politics. For instance, The Declaration of Independence. We the people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. My school West Adams has the majority of the students whom have been raised in Los Angeles. In L.A there is not much hatred toward gay people or students. But even though, students tease gay students because perhaps they think it is funny and cool to do it. Once they see a friend tease a gay person they will join in and do the same. That is how everyone all of a sudden starts to think that it is not a problem to mistreat gay people.