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Religion and Homosexuality
There are numerous unanswered questions about homosexuality that people have; some have formed opinions about whether its right or wrong based on their beliefs. For example, do people choose to live like this or is it in their genes? Why is it that people think of homosexuality as abnormal? People often say that it is Adam and Eve and certainly not Adam and Steve. Why is it that people associate religious beliefs with homosexuality and that they believe homosexuals would go to hell? For centuries the homosexuals have been living very intimidating lives as they have been looked down upon because people considered that God created humans to procreate and thus consider homosexuals to be abnormal. There have been a lot of times when people have told me that homosexuals choose to have this sort of lifestyle. It has been noticed than when it comes to moral questions many people prefer answering them in the light of their religious teachings; same is the case with the concept of homosexuality and whether it is negative or positive, wrong or right.
'Foundations of the Earth' is a book that was written by Randall Kenan who was born on 12th of March 1963 in New York, Brooklyn. Fiction and non-fiction stories were written by him about the experience of an African-American gay man who lived in the southern part of United States. Kenan had identified himself as the African-American gay man. He started teaching in various universities after he got his graduation degree in Writing and English from University of North Carolina.
'Foundations of Earth' tells the story of a grandmother from an African-American decent with the name Maggie MacGowan Williams who had difficulties in coming to term with the reality that Edward, her grandson was a homosexual. It was not only that she had to accept the fact that her own grandson was gay and lived with Gabriel, his lover but also that he got killed in a car accident. It was after a lot of thinking and soul-searching that Maggie invited Gabriel to meet her and tell her more about her grandson's life that she didn't know anything about until recently.
Maggie has a lot of problems in coming to terms with the kind of lifestyle his grandson had especially due to the fact that she was a very religious person. At one point in the book we see Maggie holding herself responsible for the way Edward turned out but soon she realized that she raised him in the best possible manner that she could and that she was actually very good to him. Later on Maggie started to blame Edward for not staying in touch with her for so many years and not letting her know what was actually going on in his life. She was also angry at the fate as before she could decide to go and confront her grandson about his lifestyle choices his car was hit by a truck and she lost her 27 years old grandchild forever (Kenan, pg 152).
In this portion of the book the hurt that Maggie is suffering from after losing her grandson is expressed. She thinks of her religious beliefs and soon we see her blaming not her grandson but his lover Gabriel. We see Maggie getting angry when at Edward's funeral Gabriel comes to Maggie and offers his condolences. She blames him for making Edward the way he was and throwing his lust first at him and then she felt that now he was flaunting it all in her face and that too at the funeral of her grandson (Kenan, pg 153). However, Gabriel doesn't get offended by Maggie's feeling sand kept coming back to make her understand the kind of life that Edward was living and his believes. We then see these two becoming closer and Maggie understanding the choices made by her grandson in a better manner.
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