OUR VIEW: Be aware of social opinions

    Last week, social media was buzzing because because of the Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8. Profile pictures were changed, blogs posts were written and friends were removed with the click of a mouse. Generation Y spoke quite loudly. The question is, did anybody actually hear them?
    As journalists, we understand the importance of voicing opinions. There’s something important about being able to articulate an opinion, especially when it comes to political issues. Healthy discussions should be a part of every student’s life. It encourages growth and balances the part of us that still wants to play Halo and eat cheap fast food for hours on end.
    Despite this, students need to be careful of social media. It’s never been so easy to throw a thoughtless, harsh and sometimes downright-gross comment into the public forum. It’s also never been so easy to take one side of the other, like there’s nothing in between.
    No matter where our stance lay, we should all be able to agree on one thing: Marriage is a complicated issue. There are more than 1,100 references to marriage in the federal code and the decision from the court won’t be absolute. Maybe our opinions shouldn’t be so one-sided either.    Take a stand, but think beyond the wings of political parties. There are more considerations.