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I agree, Casey; this semester has flown by! I can't believe the weekend before finals is only two days away.
This course has been extremely interesting. I loved workshopping; my classmates are talented writers and it was fun interacting and getting to know each other in that context. My favorite part of the class was the mini writing assignments. When given the assignment, they sounded so crazy (how was I going to pull that off? Where would I get the creative inspiration?) yet, as soon as I started simply moving my pen across paper, I always surprised myself.
I just watched the Jon Stewart--Mike Huckabee debate, and wow, Huckabee looks like a fool. The comment that struck me was when Huckabee said, "I want to make sure that people understand that if a person does not necessarily support the idea of changing the definition of marriage, it does not mean that they are a homophobe." Stewart responded by asking, "Why? It would be redefining a word. And it feels like semantics is cold comfort to humanity." Stewart then defends that "Words do matter. Definitions matter." I do not think that allowing gays/lesbians to marry necessarily re-defines the word "marriage." Two people of completely different races marrying does not re-define the word "marriage." Raising your biological child versus adopting a baby does not re-define the word "parenting." I hope this does not offend anyone, but I think that people are often scared of what they don't know, and I truly feel that not even trying to understand homosexuality but just rejecting it is a form of homophobia. I have no evidence, but I assume that most people against gay marriage aren't close with any gays or lesbians. I know the anti-gay marriage people I have talked to all refuse to believe that being a homoesexual is not a lifestyle choice.