Being Active With Your Voice When It Counts

As most of you have probably heard during the past week, a teenage boy took his own life after fellow classmates taunted and teased him over his sexuality. His personal relations were streamed over the internet for all to see. What a devastating situation all around. What we need to understand is that this is a chrisis in our world; not accepting somebody for who they are. It is shameful to cast judgement on a person based on their sexual orientation. It does not need to be this way. If we learn to speak up for others when we see these kinds of hateful acts unfolding, well then, maybe things can turn out different for the next person dealing with their own true identity. It starts with demanding common respect and understanding. The old saying "if you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all" may need to be fine tuned for our generation to something more suitable, say " if you find someone saying something that is not nice, take a stand for the victim and correct the offender for their fault". This could be a great start to change in our world, to healing the wounded, and to leaving all to feel a bit more accepted in our society.