28 Issues in SOCIETY
Why Don’t You Accept Us ?
Let me tell you about Wing. He’s the funniest person I know – he can always make me
laugh, even when I feel blue He works hard at his job. And all his co – workers think he’s great.
He’s interested in movies and tennis and politics, just like me.
He’s the perfect partner- only I can’t tell anyone.
Wing and I are couple – a homosexual, or gay, couple. We’ve been together for almost
six years. That’s a lot longer than some marriages last. We try to spend as much time together as
we can, but because we are gay, there is always a problem.
When we go to parties, I can’t introduce Wing as my partner. I have to say. “This is a
friend of mine.” We never go to the same restaurant more than once or twice together because
people might notice us. We can’t live together, as other couples do. No one wants to live near A
homosexual couple.
I can’t even tell my family about Wing. My parents don’t know that I’m gay. They think
there is something wrong with homosexual, that we’re not “ normal.” So my mother is always
asking me, “ when are you going to find a nice girl and get married?” I wish I could tell her that
I’ve already found the right person for me. But my parents would never speak to me again. They
would worry so much about what their friends would think of their homosexual son.
I know in some countries. Like the United States, this is not such a big problem. But it is
here. I wonder why society isn’t more understanding. Why can’t people accept us? It’s not fair.
There is nothing wrong with Wing or with me. We are just like everyone else. We don’t have a
desease that that other people might catch. We are normal, ordinary people who would like to be
treated with respect.
Wing and I don’t want any special traetment. We don’t want to change the world. We just
want to be together without hiding all the time What’s wrong with that?
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Finders Keepers
Suddenly it was raining money. Money was falling from the sky and beginning to cover
the ground like .
David thought he was dreaming. He saw $100 bills everywhere. All he head to do was like green
snow and reach out. He did. He did it again. And again. Soon he had more $100 bills than he
could hold. David saw __________________ on the ground. He __________________ with
more $100 bills.
He _________________ and saw, on the bridge over his head, _____________________ the
truck _______________________ into another truck. The accident was so bad that all of the
money the truck was carrying ________________ the road. The wind was
____________________ so the bills were ______________________
David saw people running from everywhere. They were _______________________ to each
other _________________ they were _________________________ money and putting it in
______________________. He had never seen people working so quickly.
David then heard the sirens and saw ________________________ on the police cars as they
____________________ to the accident on the bridge. He left quickly.
When he got home, David counted the money he _________________________- almost
$25,000. He had never seen so much money. And it was his! It belonged to him!
Or did it? David began think about that. Did it really belong to him? If it __________________,
then whose money was it? Well, thought David, it might belong to the bank. It was the
______________ that crashed. And the money came from that truck.
But the money was just __________________. He had not robbed a bank or stolen the money
from somebody. What he had done was different. And nobody knew him. Nobody could say that
he had ________________________ the money. And then David thought of all those other
people who were ______________________ the money, just like he had done.
But David was worried. He wondered if he should return the money.
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