Over the past 20 years, society has viewed same sex love as wrong, not appropriate to what we think should be what love looks like. Society thinks that the right way of loving someone is with a man and a woman. The older generation doesn’t believe that a man should marry a man or woman with a woman. Even with bi-racial relationships also, people view those relationships as wrong. They think that you should only date the same color as you. In the song same love, you hear about that it is okay to be in love with someone of the same sex or even of a different race.
We chose “Same Love” because in the song you hear how Macklemore sings to us about how that it is okay to be in love with the person of the same sex. Its not like your genes are altered because you are in love with someone that is of the same sex, or different race. Macklemore states how people drop “faggot” and “gay” all the time, and people don’t realize how it truly hurts individuals that are gay. We chose this song because “Same Love” is proving that society is starting to become accepting of same sex marriage. Society still has some problems with same genders being together because they were brought up with different views. They think that because the bible says that it is wrong, they will not accept anything other then what they have been told. Same sex marriage has been around me for my entire life, so I see no difference in what the bible says. I follow the bible but because I was raised around the idea it never bothered me. Love is love and people need to look at it that way, if someone is happy being with a person of the same gender then they should be allowed to be with them.
“Same Love” ties in with this class because popular cultural today with the gay community is more accepting then a couple years back. American pop culture is stating to open up with supporting gays, and also some artists are coming out themselves. Frank Ocean for example just came out, a well know musician, who no one would of thought would be gay. His follows still loved him and his music; even though he was gay he did not lose peoples interest in his music. Same love ties in with our class because Macklemore tells a story that not every artist would tell through a song. He talked about how that hip-hop would bash gays because they do not love woman and that society wouldn’t agree also. When in reality society does more understand with states making gay marriage legal. Ellen DeGeneres is one of the biggest icons in the public eye that is gay and married. She has never got looked down upon because she was a lesbian. Pop culture acts people that take stands to fight for what they believe is right and believe that if it makes the person happy, then nothing else matters.
Macklemore took a stand and stood up for what he believed in. He was letting people know that it doesn’t matter if you love the same sex or love someone of a different race. Love is love, and no one can take that away from somebody because they do not agree with the people’s actions. The song “Same Love” became a huge hit because of the message it sends to everyone.
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