Every body that knows me knows that I love all types of music. Today on my way home from school I was listening to one of my favorite songs by Lauryn Hill called Ex-Factor. I had my headphones louder than I thought because I felt somebody tap me on my shoulder.

"You know she's a racist," says the woman that tapped me. "She hates white people." I smile and try to ignore her comment but she's very persistant. "You shouldn't support people like that."

"I'm sorry mam I just like the music. I don't share those beliefs," I tell her. I really could careless. I believe that every one is entitled to their own beliefs as long as they don't try to enforce them on me. Besides I don't even know if what the lady is saying is the truth. You can't deny that lauryn hill is a great artist and performer and that's what matters to me.

"That type of attitude allows for that type of ignorance," she says which really pisses me off. "You shouldn't support people like that. The bible says."

So I interrupt her before she starts quoting from the bible, "Excuse me mam but do you believe in gay marriage?"

"Well no, I don't think that it's a good idea for men to marry it's not natural," she answers back.

"Well it seems to me that you in fact are the same type of person. You seem to want to stop people from being happy. Let me ask you this would you like it if I tried to flaunt my homosexual lifestyle in your face?" I asked her and she shifted uncomfortably and shook her head. "Well please and I mean this in a very respectful way. keep your beliefs to yourself."

Several people around me started to clap apparently they had been listening to the conversation. The lady quickly got off on the next stop. See it could have been all so simple if she hadn't tried to instill her beliefs upon me.

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