I want to preface this post by saying I am Christian, and more specifically Catholic. I’m proud to be one and consider my faith to be a huge part of who I am.
What’s sad about this whole topic is that I felt I needed to justify everything I am about to say by pointing out my Christian faith. What I’m about to say being pointed out by a someone of a different faith or no proclaimed faith wouldn’t be taken the same way.
Why? Because as someone who has the unintended fortune of belonging to a faith accepted by the American masses, I have the unequal advantage of belonging to what is viewed as the “moral right.” Because as someone who is Indian in descent but is also Christian, I am considered to be more acceptable to what people view as the American way. Because as soon as people find out that I am Catholic and not Hindu or Muslim, they relax because I belong to what they view is “normal.”
sarah philips 