Weekly Blog 17

This morning, I read an article and watched a video of President Obama declaring his support for gay marriage throughout the country, even though many people of his party were against it, Obama was also previously opposed to it. One of the reasons he says that he changed his mind was because of all of the homosexual military personal, who are fighting for the entire country's benefit, and his staff members feeling constricted, even though "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is gone.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-announces-his-support-for-same-sex-marriage.html

I think that this is a huge step for the U.S., and a good one. I believe that same-sex marriage should be legal because if two people love each other and want to get married, they should be allowed to. Their getting married has no effect on anyone else's lives, especially those who have never or will never be in any sort of contact with the couples. People in this country say they want equality for everyone, yet are outright opposed to issues like this for no real reason, other than their religion saying it's wrong or learning that it's wrong from their parents.

Weekly Blog 16

Mensa, a high-IQ society located in Canada, has inducted its second toddler this year. The youngest, and most recent, is Anthony Popa Urria and has an estimated IQ of 154. The article says he can say the alphabet backwards and forwards, count to 1,000, speak 3 languages (English, Spanish, and some Romanian), name all of the planets in the Solar System. The second youngest is Emmelyn Roettger, and is also the youngest U.S. member.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mensa-welcomes-two-old-ranks-second-toddler-013027542.html

I think that toddlers having this level of intelligence is astounding. The cut-off IQ point for being a certified genius is 140 and above, and most people don't even get to this point. It's amazing that toddlers can have a higher intelligence, relative to their age, than most of the world's adults will ever get in their entire lives. If one of my children were to be inducted into Mensa, I hope would extremely proud, but also intimated, knowing that my toddler is smarter than me, which is pretty weird.