Category: Other Writing
Bridge Project “What does America mean to me?”
To me, America represents freedom. In America, we have so many freedoms that other countries don’t. In America, there is freedom of speech where in a lot of other countries there is not.
Earlier on the day I took pictures, there was a woman’s rights protest going on around the square (and all around the nation) in front of the courthouse. This is just an example of how many freedoms we have here in America. We have the opportunity to vote, to own businesses, to go to church, and to go to college where in some countries they have to hide who they really are or want to be for fear of the government or judgement.
Freedom of religion means the most to me because I can freely worship my God whenever and wherever I want to.
I have the opportunity to live wherever I want or go anywhere I please. The fact that I can live in Oxford Mississippi and be paid to go to college at my favorite university is amazing to me and almost overwhelming. Because of our freedom of speech, it makes America quite complex and confusing because there are so many different opinions. Everyone has different values and belief systems that they personally think are correct, so this creates controversy.
In America, you can go get a higher education, travel the world, or do literally whatever you want to do because it is your life and you have the freedom to live it. I feel like if the government would just leave everyone alone and let them legally do what they want to and what they are going to do anyway, then everyone would be much happier.
Yes, we have to have laws on some things, but when it comes to who you can marry, what you can do with your own body, or anything else like that it should be up to the citizen. Because we live in America, people are going to do what they want to do anyway so you might as well make it legal.
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