Don't bring your political views to my class

On the second day of my theory lecture, a girl raised her hand to answer our professor's prompt on "civic duty."

"Protesting?" the girl said.

"Yes," the professor said. And before anyone knew what was happening, the girl said, "GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXIST- MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMEN."

I felt the class tense worse than if she had announced that she herself was a lesbian. No one motioned or said anything until the professor expertly backpedaled back to the discussion on theory.

So the situation was resolved temporarily, but the blatant display of bigotry in the middle of a lecture still left a bad taste in my mouth.

This girl had clearly been waiting all summer to share her perspective on the state's new Marriage Equality Act, which had become law this past July. Why not share now? Clearly protesting outside of class didn't do it for her.

We all have the right to protest the government and object to bad laws, but when it comes down to it, it is unreal that anyone should have a problem with this law that affects someone else's right to marry.

Why would anyone protest a law that does not even affect her personally and never will?

How could anyone (especially as a political theory student) still think it is ok to discuss an American citizen's basic human rights?

Maybe if one person does not like the direction that New York State is heading in then they should move out of state to a more conservative one.

Maybe they could even move to a country that forces its whole population to follow one religion, like hop into a time machine and head on back to Nazi Germany.

It's not as if the Gay Community hasn't been through enough societal torture in our own country up until this point. Who are we to judge whether not they have the right to marry?

Clearly unless you are supporting this law, or are just a fan of Constitutional rights in general, your opinion on this subject is rude and should be kept to yourself.