My Response to “Desecration? Dedication!”
I am responding to “Desecration? Dedication!” The quote that most received my attention was “The problem is that most native-born citizens probably can’t pass the test. Americans are remarkably casual about their citizenship, not voting in sufficient numbers, not following the critical political issues.” I believe that this quote is very important to this essay, because it pretty much sums up the reality that US citizens face. We, as US citizens, take our citizenship and freedom for granted. We sometimes don’t realize how much better off we are than if we were to live in another country. I actually took the citizenship test in school a few years ago and failed miserably. It goes to show that foreign people have to know more about our country to become a citizen than we have to know just to take a political position and vote. I think the writer’s point in writing this essay was to compare how much is expected of people wanting US citizenship and how much is expected of gay or lesbian couples. If someone is gay or lesbian, then people will expect that their relationship is more stable or “true.”