Decency and Common Sense in a Changing and Tolerant World

I was asked a question yesterday that I am going to share with the rest of you because it seems to have a good deal of relevance to the time's that we are living in. The question was. Should a gay high school student be allowed to use the same sex locker room, and why is that any different than a straight student being allowed into the locker room of the opposite sex. I don't know what the correct answer is, and most of you probably won't like the one I'm going to give but you know me, I've never been short on opinions.

I don't see this as strictly a gay rights issue. Not any more. It is the year 2011 and everybody in the world knows at least one gay person and like it or not I don't see the gay population getting any smaller. I see this more as a common sense and decency issue. Gay or straight, the behavior of todays young adults has deteriorated to a completely unacceptable level. I can remember when it was unacceptable to hold hands while walking down the hallway between classes. No kissing, making out etc. I truly think nobody cares whether your gay or not, but I'm pretty sure that they don't want to have to witness your sexual behavior on display in public. Much the same as the parents and grandparents of the 50's were appalled by the promiscuity of the younger generation of the sixties. Some things are best left to the imagination, or unimagined.

I think it's time we started to set a better example for our young adults, treat them with common decency, and demand that they treat others with the respect that they, and each other deserve. We need to start holding them to a higher standard. I'm not saying beat them with bibles or send them to military school at the first sign of deviant behavior, but paying a little more attention to them and spending a little more time on the difference between right and wrong, and how men should treat women. Regardless of the relationship I had with my mother whether we agreed on things or not. One of the clearest things that my dad taught me is that women should always be treated like ladies with respect and a man should never lay a hand on a woman in a violent way. If we were to instill these values in the youth of today. Just maybe the gay, straight behavior issue wouldn't be such an issue after all.