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Sectionalism Analysis

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In American History we are currently studying the concept of sectionalism. Sectionalism is division within a country based on regional beliefs and interest.In the early to 1800’s, sectionalism in AMerica grew as slavery divided the Nation. Slavery was ignored, compromised, and argued about by the states until the conflict drove our country into the Civil War. Although regional differences are not as distinct these days, many issues are currently causing division among the states and people of our country. These issues lead to what our history class describes as “modern sectionalism.” One such issue is Homosexual rights/marriage. “Federal Victory For LGBT Rights” Is the title of an article which caught my attention. In this article A reporter …show more content…

In my opinion, if I want to judge someone i should try and put myself in their shoes. There are two main reasons why I do that, one It gives me perspective, and two it really lets me know if I should be judging that person. Now I know that no one can really control how they judge people, but we can give them a chance to prove themselves, wither in a good way or a bad way. Going along with what i just said, sometimes people don’t deserve to be judged in a harsh way like we do. You never know you might be judging a homosexual who could become a president, or an important member of the upper class society. So let me ask you one last question, how would you feel in their shoes? I mean people say it’s their choice if they’re gay or not, but if there is so much hatred going towards the LGBT community, why would someone want to be gay. It’s like saying it’s not your choice who you fall in love with, but it’s not you can’t choose who you like, you can only choose to act on it. So tell me if you saw the love of your life, would you just ignore them because your friends, and family disapprove of him/her. Listen if you send me back a 7 page long essay about how I had one grammatical mistake, just don't. I’m not saying don’t send me back your opinion, but i’d rather hear about how you believe that the mistakes i made while writing this. So i’m going to leave you with one final question, because I love to ask questions. That question is, Do you really care? I’m not saying do you care at all, I’m asking do you care that deeply about what other people do to the point where your trying to take away their rights? I’m just going to leave you with that, but just think about it, just think about

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