Frank Ocean is gay..so? Hiding behind religion

As many of you know by now that the R&B artist Frank Ocean has announced he is gay. Now following the announcement I knew there was going to be some pretty harsh comments about him coming out the closet but then I started to noticed people started to have the nerve to say that they will never listen to his music again. Really? Just because an artist is brave enough to tell the world who he is attracted to you are really going to just stop listening to the man's music? Wow! That's unbelievable. Now let me explain why I feel that way. I find it hard for people to stop listening to Frank Ocean's music just because he is gay but yet they are still willing to, and not to reopen a wound here, but will listen to Chris Brown and R Kelly's music. 1st let me state that I am a fan of both Chris Brown and R. Kelly's Music so that no one will say I just have a problem with the two. So were good right? Anyways.. Chris Brown put his hands on a woman! R. Kelly took a number 1 and had sex with a little girl! But yet Frank Ocean being gay is worse than those two incidents? How in the world does that make sense people? I have one idea on why people will say that you can't compare Frank Ocean's situation with that of Chris Brown's and R. Kelly's situations and that is because of religion. 1st off let me say that I respect every one's religion before anyone tries to bite off my head. People are saying that it's wrong to be gay because of the bible states it so by reason they can not listen to Frank Ocean's music. Enough of this hiding behind religion stuff. I'm not saying that all but a vast majority of people are saying this because they personally have hatred toward gays but yet they don't want to seem like the asshole here so they hide behind religion. Either nut up or shut up! I'd respect someone if they straight up said "yea I personally don't like gays so that's why I'm not gonna listen to his music." I have yet to see or hear that from anyone.

I find it crazy that people will condone what Chris Brown or R. Kelly did but yet wont when it comes to Frank Ocean. It all comes back to them hiding behind religion. To be honest I have no problem if you have strong faith toward your religion but there comes a time when you have to really think about whats right and wrong. Ever heard of this.."I will kill thy in the name of the lord!"? Come on yo..really? Killing someone is fine? Get outta here with that. And before anyone starts asking whats my religious preference I will tell ya. Not many people know this because just how I look at some one's sexual preference as something that really doesn't matter to know I feel the same about knowing some one's religious preference. I am Muslim. I personally don't feel the need to tell everyone. One of the reason's is that I'm not the best Muslim around nor am I the poster child of it but yet I believe in my god Allah and I don't look down upon anyone else for having a different religion then me. If you know the Islamic religion you know they are strict against homosexuals and you know what, I believe in my religion but yet that's something that I will never agree with. To me it's a wrong thing for me to judge someone for their sexuality hence why I mentioned earlier that it comes down to knowing what's right and wrong. I know many will say that they are against gays because at the end of the day you want them to see that they will never get to heaven that way and that you are trying to help them out. That's cool and all but how about you just work on yourself on trying to get into heaven. Last time I looked heaven wasn't a club and you weren't a promoter with a guest list that you would get 5 bucks off of every name you got coming into heaven. A person is smart, people are dumb.

Don't Take Life For Granted..my touchy subject

While jogging around the lake today I saw something that brought many emotions to me. Joy, sorrow, and hatred. I was literally in tears from what I saw. By now you are wondering what made me feel flooded with these emotions. I saw a father trying to teach his mentally challenged daughter how to enjoy a jog around the lake. I could tell in her reaction to the sounds, people running by, and just being outside that she was petrified of her surroundings. My heart sunk right when I saw her grab her father closer so that she could feel safer. Thus this is where my emotion sorrow kicked in but then changed to joy when I saw the dad hold her tighter and told her that everything was going to be ok and for her to try and enjoy being out. My tears at 1st were tears of sorrow for this little girl but then turned into tears of joy because I saw the unconditional love the father showed toward her. Let me explain why I got emotional after seeing this girl. Ever since I can remember the mentally challenged has been a touchy subject to me. It's one of the reason you never see me mock, make fun, or use the word "retarded". I have always felt awful for what they have to endure and guilty because I am nothing special but yet I have been handed a "normal" life while they have been handed a life filled with many challenges for them.

Earlier I mentioned that one of the emotions that I was filled with was hatred. The hatred was brought on by the thought of how many people go on Twitter and Facebook or any other social media site and complain about how their personal life sucks because of something minor has happened. It pisses me off that people have the nerve to complain about the smallest things that will eventually pass when the mentally challenged have it way more harder than you and your petty problems but yet you don't see them complaining about it. It goes to show that we as a society take our life's for granted. Just imagine all the small things that we take for granted that a mentally challenged person will never endure. Do you remember your 1st kiss? Do you remember being asked to your Jr Prom and Senior Ball and going and having the time of your life? Do you remember walking your graduation stage? Do you remember learning how to ride a bike? Do you remember your 1st time being behind the wheel driving? And do you remember falling in love with that special person? These things are some of the things that majority of the mentally challenged will never be able to experience and it breaks my heart to know that. They wont get a chance to enjoy the simple things that life gives us because of a mental illness that, lets be honest here they don't deserve whatsoever. I have the utmost respect and love for anyone who is a parent of a care giver for the mentally challenged. You all seriously are my heroes and are real life Angels. Thank you for trying your hardest providing them with a normal life as much as possible. I leave now by saying this. Take every day as a blessing and please don't take life for granted because others would love to switch their problems with yours just to have a "normal" life. A person is smart, people are dumb.