So far I have found the novel, Middlesex, more intriguing than I first thought it would be. At first I was repulsed by a brother and sister falling in love with each other, marrying and having a family, but by the time they were on a boat headed to America I was rooting for them. The author made me like the characters, made me see them differently. He did too good of a job because now I’m not so sure where I stand on issues like gay married.
The introductory material was very thought provoking as well. The Westboro Church video we watched in class left me with a sense of hatred for those people and what they stand for. I, myself, am a religious person with conservative beliefs, but those extremists were completely over the line. American soldiers didn’t die in battle because two people of the same sex were in love or because no one stopped them for being together. They seemed almost like a cult to me. I think they give religious people a bad name just because they believe god intended marriage for one man and one woman. I’d like to know just what the Westboro Church would say about an intersex person. I’d also like to know what they would do if someone in their inner circle was born sexually different from them. Maybe they too carry a gene that for ordinary or unordinary circumstances comes forth after years and years of going undetected. It’s not Cal’s fault that they were born as they were. Would the Westboro church say it was the price Cal has to pay for his families choices?
