Why Freedom Matters

Source:  Abeka History for High School

Lately, many of my peers are talking about socialism, and seems to be the "Cool" thing to be a 'Progressive.'  There are many who rebel against the founding fathers of our country, and what they had in mind for our nation.  January 6th was a scary display of horror to many.  There are lies and truth floating all around, but it is difficult to discern which is which.  Today, our country celebrates the life of a great citizen in the history of our great nation.  

This man supported civil rights when it was not so popular to do so.  Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in equal rights for the civilians of the USA.  He died because of his public proclamation of his noble beliefs.  I am home educated, and this week we are studying the life of this martyr.  

Source:  Conterfactual in the USA, by A. Meclellan

     

Civil Rights is a buzz word from this time in the 1960's.  It was an unbelievable time when blacks were treated unfairly and like they were inferior as human beings.  It is hard for me to even grasp the way they were treated. 

Source:  The Kennedy Family by Kurt Amig

Discrimination used to be big in this country because we had slavery, and the poor black people got ripped from their homes in Africa to come here and work in this country.  People said blacks were 3/5ths human.  That angers me.  I have many black friends.  I hope that if I were living back in that time, I would help them escape from slavery. 

Source:  TimeMagazine.com

  Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.  Martin Luther King, Jr. led peaceful protests, and gave a speech that helped to make him famous.  President John F. Kennedy made discrimination against black people illegal in 1963.    But we still have discrimination in our country.  I see discrimination all the time in my life.  In Soccer, the Captains pick the best players first.  The worst players are left to be picked last.  Usually, the worst soccer players get put in a place where they barely play at all.  Lots of places discriminate against people because they are different, even though it is illegal.  Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 5:48).  If we did this all the time, we wouldn't need laws for Civil Rights!

      Another place I see discrimination is in business.  Just because a person is a little bit different, he doesn’t get raises or move up in the business.  I am talking about someone’s accent, or their looks, or their clothes.  These things should not be used to judge if they get a raise. 

Source:  A Year without a Home

     At my Summer Camp this past summer, there was a kid who was very different from the others.  He had Autism.  The other kids said, “I don’t want to hang with him, he’s gross and he is always in trouble.”  But I tried to be nice to him.  I tried my hardest to be a good friend to him.  It was pretty hard, because he was really eccentric.  Some of my friends put pressure on me to NOT spend time with the him.  I had a lot of talks with the Counselors, and with my parents about all this.  In the end, he got sent away from the Camp because of his behavior, and had to go to a special school in another town.  I felt really bad about that because I did not get to say goodbye to him. Plus, I am not really sure he understood what he did wrong.

Source: Kids fromPanama Medical Missions, a Mission
Trip my Mom took in 2018

 In conclusion, Civil Rights are rights that prevent discrimination, but not they are not always practiced, even though it is the law.  People are not treated equally all the time. I will admit, sadly, that I am not even great at treating people equally.   Sometimes certain people "get to me," and I don’t want to be around them.   I don’t want to give them a second chance.  I get mad at them more easily than certain other people.  John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. both were assassinated for trying to end discrimination.  And our own President Trump was given a hard time for standing up for unborn babies, Christians, and other people.  So you can see that we still need improve on treating people equally in this country. 

Submitted to the co-op for History Class, Week 2 of Semester 2, 10th grade 
      


 

Jesus gave up HIS rights... Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

We all have Rights. 

 

Some people DEMAND their "rights" aggressively. 

In the news this week, a group of cross-dressing men (men who wear makeup and dress like women) demanded their right to read LGBT material to pre-school kids in a  local library here in my town. 

The Michelle Obama public library in Long Beach, California, has presented to children

who are part of its young readers program a huge array of diversity and “inclusion” agendas.
Read more at

https://www.wnd.com/2017/10/drag-queen-demon-reads-to-kids-at-michelle-obama-library/#u3kR6ZIOk6hwZO4Y.99

 

Others fight hard for their "rights.  "

In New York state this week, a tragic decision was made and laws were passed giving pregnant women the right to kill (abort) their unborn children at any gestation.  They argue that "Women's Lives Matter."  But what about the young women growing in the mother's body?  If Women's lives matter, don't unborn women's lives matter, too? This makes no sense to me!  I refer to the "Reproductive Health Act" that replaces a 1970 state abortion law that was passed three years before Roe legalized abortion nationwide.

Source:  Baby Center.com

 

When pondering these issues, I am reminded of Jesus,
and at how meekly OUR KING gave up his rights on the cross

Jesus "opened not His mouth" as they crucified Him
Isaiah 53:7

Source:  Richardaustin.com

Martin Luther King, Jr. is a famous man in History that I truly admire.  

I recently researched about this time in history.  This post is a synopsis of a report I wrote for my 9th Grade educational requirements.

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My Report:



Source:  wnb.com

 

Civil Rights are equal rights for all civilians of America. 

 
These rights are for all races, and all kinds of people who are alive in this country.  I am glad we have civil rights because they support people who have disabilities.  The meaning of the civil rights is found in our Constitution, in the statement, “All men are created equal.”  Everybody has the same rights in this country. 

Source: Inspirations.png

 

       Discrimination used to be big in this country because we had slavery, and the poor black people got ripped from their homes in Africa to come here and work in this country.  People said blacks were 3/5ths human.  That angers me.  I have many black friends.  I hope that if I were living back in that time, I would help them escape from slavery. 

Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.  Martin Luther King, Jr. led peaceful protests, and gave a speech that helped to make him famous.  President John F. Kennedy made discrimination against black people illegal in 1963.    But we still have discrimination in our country.  I see discrimination all the time in my life.  In Soccer, the Captains pick the best players first.  The worst players are left to be picked last.  Usually, the worst soccer players get put in a place where they barely play at all.  Lots of places discriminate against people because they are different, even though it is illegal.  Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 5:48).  If we did this all the time, we wouldn't need laws for Civil Rights!

Source:   Inspirations.png

 

Another place I see discrimination is in business.  Just because a person is a little bit different, he doesn’t get raises or move up in the business.  I am talking about someone’s accent, or their looks, or their clothes.  These things should not be used to judge if they get a raise. 

 

     At my Summer Camp this past summer, there was a kid who was very different from the others.  He had Autism.  The other kids said, “I don’t want to play with him, he’s gross.   He is a cry baby, and he is always in trouble.”  But I tried to be nice to him.  I tried my hardest to be a good friend to him.  It was pretty hard, because he was really eccentric.  Some of my friends even put pressure on me to NOT spend time with the different kids.  They said I wasn’t cool anymore.  I had a lot of talks with the Counselors, and with my parents about all this.  In the end, he got sent away from the Camp, and had to go to a special school in another town.  I felt really sad about that.  I did not get to say goodbye to him. 

     In conclusion, Civil Rights are rights that prevent discrimination, but not always.  People are not treated equally all the time.  I am not even great at treating people equally.   Sometimes certain people get to me, and I don’t want to be around them.   I don’t want to give them a second chance.  I get mad at them more easily that other people.  John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. both were assassinated for trying to end discrimination.  So you can see that we still need improve on treating people equally in this country. 

 

Bible Students in India study to become leaders in the church
Source:  India Bible School