Well, I completed my final paper and submitted it last night, even though it isn't due until next Tuesday. It is interesting that the mid-term paper (five page requirement) was a complete struggle for me - it seemed as if I were pulling the words out of quicksand. The final term paper (ten page requirement) came so easily, most likely as a result of reading a couple of the (eight total) books that just made me so incredibly angry. One titled "Stolen Innocence" about a young girl brought up in the FLDS and forced to marry her first cousin when she was only 14 years old, and the other about a ministry called New Hope which promotes the "ex-gay" lifestyle. My thesis was aimed at the hypocrisy of religious leaders via their words and actions and how it impacted the youth in their programs. Abuse is abuse whether it is at the hands of a bully, a minister, or society. I am not you, and you are not me....and that is - or should be, okay. A young girl of 14 is a child. Individuals are born gay, they do not make a choice to be so and as there is nothing wrong with them.....stop trying to fix them! Whew - I guess I am still angry.
These two publications just evoked such a reaction the words flowed.....and flowed.....and flowed - my apologies to my Professor, as I could only pare the paper down to 13 pages.
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