Acceptance

Wowzers. It has been a hot minute since I have last made a post on here. This topic has come to my mind on and off for the past several months, so I thought it was time to write some of my thoughts out.

This is an interesting world we live in, isn't it? So many different people living so many different lives. Different personalities. Different opinions. The range is incredible. And the best part? When people allow others to be just that.

In this post, I am going to be blunt with who I am and I hope you will read until the end to truly hear me out and what I am trying to say.

Let's start with where the inspiration for this came from. Have you all heard of the show "The Fosters"? I watched the whole series and thought it was pretty good. Then they came out with a break off show called "Good Trouble". I was pretty excited. They took some of the more major characters and continued their life stories. One in particular, being the main character, Callie. She is a feisty woman who has been through a heck of a lot in her life. No matter what, she pushed through. She is working towards becoming a great lawyer. At one point, she starts dating this guy. He is the brother of someone she knows. He is from a well off family and is registered as a Republican. Callie is basically the opposite. Never from a well off family and a strong, passionate Democrat. I was watching and there was an episode where this fact about her boyfriend being Republican came out. Throughout the whole episode, she put him off and nearly ended things because of it. By the end, she did not learn to accept who he was. Instead, the show had him burn his Republican registration card.

If he chose to change simply because he personally went through his beliefs and found he no longer wanted to be a part of the party, that is fine. However, that did not seem to be the case.

This show is one that preaches acceptance; why does that change when the views were no longer aligned with what they wanted? Isn't that the opposite of what this show has been talking about?

So here is me.

My name is MJ Newton. I am 22 years old. I am straight. I have been married for almost 13 months. I married when I was 21. I am a member of the Republican Party. I am a Christian. It is the biggest part of who I am. I am Pro-Life, but believe there are rare exceptions. I believe in working hard, but that there are going to be times of trial. Help where you can. I am okay with my husband one day owning a gun. I am grateful for the officers who keep our cities safe. I don't agree with everyone's way of life, but I recognize that is their choice. I don't have to agree for them to choose to live that way. I believe that everyone should be loved. I believe white and black is equal. I believe men and women are different but worth the same. I am 5'2" and a white female. My goal is to be a stay at home mom.

This is who I am. Do I expect every single person to agree with me and my views? No. Why would I? One of the greatest gifts we have been given is the gift of agency. I would never want to take that from anyone. However, this is what I would hope from members of today's society. The society that each one of us are a part of.

Acceptance and Understanding. 


I know that not everyone is going to agree with me and that is okay. I don't agree with each one of you and that is okay. Why have we turned into a society that if someone disagrees we have to disown and abandon? What happened to love?


This show was the opposite. It was not okay for him to be a part of that party. If he wasn't the majority, he was outcast and left. Instead of being accepted, regardless of his differences.

I hope we learn to do the opposite. Love one another, despite our differences. If I don't agree. I still love you. I am still your friend. My hope is that you will extend the same to me and the others who are different from you. That is love. That is acceptance. That is Understanding.

That is how you have unity in a society.

Much Love Always,
MJ Newton

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