Church History
Roman Persecution is the event that I most interested in. Jews were merciless toward the Christians only because they worshiped different Gods. Christians need to hide their faith in order to survive and fit into the majority. Sounds pretty familiar, right? When Mia mentioned the situation of Christians at that time, immediately I related that with the life of minorities, being more specific, homosexuality. They cannot come out because of other's disdainful stares. Although we call for equality all the time, but there is not a place that everyone is equal. Rather ironically, the group that was despised during the 3rd century became the group that despises other in the 21 century. Unfortunately, in the 3rd century, Christians still have someone who saved them, letting them able to show their cross under the sunshine, but nowadays, it seems to be impossible for every homosexual couples to hold each other's hand under the sunshine, in front of the public.
According to the previous paragraph, the person who I adore most is Constantine. Not because his excellent caliber of ruling the country, but his firm of making Christianity legitimate. Although he was the Emperor of the Rome, which means is the most powerful man, certainly, he still needed to face the challenge of going against the majority. I don't how much pressure he withstood, but he did it. He successfully makes the Christianity a legal religion of Rome, which is the foundation of all the subsequent booming. Because homosexual marriage is still illegal in China, I want to be the person just like Constantine, who changed the life of some people. I have some friends in China who is homosexual. Although in China, homosexuality is acceptable, they still want to stay in the closet. That is the way they chose to live, I have no right to judge, but I do think if homosexual marriage is legal, their ways to live will be change.
Approximately 3 years ago, I didn't get the feeling of being different and did some terrible things toward my friend. I knew that he was angry maybe also disappointed, but instead of being furious, he told me to do an experience with him. Say that you have a really embarrassed illness, for example, dermatophytosis. Every time when people talks about something related to feet, even something not quite unrelated, like pedicure or massage, you will think that people may know that you have that illness and trying to humiliate you. That is how homosexual people's feel. They worried about people discovered their sexual orientation and the aftermath. After that, every time when I get a sense of someone's sexual orientation, instead of being insolent, I chose to send them my blessing. citation:
Sanidopoulos, John. "MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER." Saint Constantine the Great Resource Page. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
Posted by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design Michelle Millar Fisher, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design. "MoMA | MoMA Acquires the Rainbow Flag." InsideOut. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
