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I don’t wear white often but not bad on I guess..

From the Tavastia documentary “sitten ajat muuttuivat”

I think these are semi recent

Taken by ANTTI KUIVALAINEN

Some Eau Claire clouds

Wisconsin skiing

Been awhile

So these past few days there have been two big issues that have been brought up in the news and have many people arguing, one being the issue with the Confederate Flag and the other being Gay Marriage being ruled legal by the Supreme Court. Now I do have a few things to say about both of these topics and I am sure there will be people on both sides who agree and disagree with me on this topics.

#1. The whole issue with the Confederate flag being taken down from stores, shops, towns, etc is honestly a load of shit, yes this will offend many people, but listen to this. This particular flag doesn’t represent people fighting for slavery. There are 13 stars on that flag and these stars represent the 13 colonies who want to secede from the Union to do as they please and follow their own rules. They didn’t want to be forced to do certain things. And yes this does imply slavery to some extent with them wanting to follow their own guidelines/rules. Yes there were people in that time that lived in the south and opposed the beliefs down there, just like there were people who lived in the north that had plantations with many slaves. Not everyone in the north was against slavery and some would capture the runaways for the money, just like some in the south would harbor runaways so they could live their lives free. Hatred towards people have been around forever and there have been many crimes or shootings that have happened over the course of this year and most of them have been whites against blacks.But one incident in what was a southern state during the Civil War, shouldn’t cause for one flag that represents someones beliefs and people who wanted to think for themselves, be taken down. It is a part of history, yes an ugly part but still history. You don’t see the World trying to make Germany change their flag after the Holocaust when one group attempted genocide on another, so why make this issue different.

#2. So today Gay Marriage was ruled legal by the Supreme Court for all states. I do not have an issue with this since one of my best friends is a <b>lesbian</b>. The one issue I do have is how the courts took a shit on the  Constitution and the 10th Amendment, by imposing this ruling for every state. <u>Which under this Amendment the Federal Government can only possess the powers that it is delegated to it by the Constitution, and the remaining powers are reserved to the States to decide if they want to pass something or not.</u> To me this shows how the government is taking everything into its own hands when certain issues should be decided by the States individually. I am happy for this because there are people who have been fighting for this type of equality their entire lives, but it shouldn’t be decided by the government, it should be voted on individually within the states by the people. 

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