Right as the school year kicked off, tension among the senior class did as well. A Twitter fight broke out among a variety of senior class students as well as former students. Most of the drama occurred August 28 but also poured over into the next day.

The argument began because of two tweets that were critical of Beaver Area High School’s Gay Straight Alliance club and their idea for a “True Colors” themed fan section at the football game. The tweets questioned why Beaver Area didn’t have a straight club and mentioned the controversy over not being able to pray in a graduation speech.

The tweets insisted it didn’t make sense that there is a club to support homosexuality, but no club to support straight people and religious people, disregarding our long-established Fellowship of the Word club (which meets Thursday mornings in Room 209), and also questioned why they had to “force” support onto people.

The tweets came off to many as disrespectful and uneducated, causing the offended to lash out at the tweets and those endorsing them.

The tweets should not have been posted. They were inappropriate, unjust, and unfair towards those who have been put down for their sexuality for centuries by those who “just feel passionately about religion.” The members of the GSA club deserve endless support and respect for not fearing who they are and what they support.

Besides, the “True Colors” theme was intended to include and embrace everyone. It was not an effort to exclude or prioritize.

The GSA club stands for Gay Straight Alliance, meaning they were never excluding any group of people; they just wished for all people to find a safe space for themselves. Although public support towards homosexuality has increased in the past few years throughout our country, this doesn’t mean there isn’t still hatred and ignorance. There are still transgender men and women killed, gay men frightened to show their pride and having to hide their faces out of fear of being attacked, and a variety of other injustices just because of whom others love.

In the 21st century, we shouldn’t need to question whom those love or why we should support them. Regardless of your faith and philosophy, there should be love sent toward people being mistreated for something uncontrollable in their lives. Tweet that.