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| Senator Bob Casey spent a day talking with GA students. |
On April 17th,
GA had the pleasure of hosting very well known Pennsylvania Senator, Bob Casey.
Due to the busy life of a politician, he was only able to speak to the juniors
for about thirty minutes. But in this time, Senator Casey was able to answer
some very controversial and interesting questions from the Class of 2015.
The
assembly started with a question pertaining to the Affordable Care Act, which
Senator Casey said he supports and also helped to create. Then questions
switched to the topic of gun control. Senator Casey stated that he believes we
do need better gun control, but that it will be very hard to implement since
there are such strong opinions on both sides. While both of these questions
were interesting to hear the answers to, my favorite question was the one
regarding the legalization of gay marriage.
To me, the
fact that gay marriage is not legal yet is downright absurd, and while I know
that many people do not feel the same way, I did expect Senator Casey to agree with
me. But when he started to answer, I was surprised. Casey explained that
initially, he was totally against gay marriage. He didn’t think it was a law
that should be passed. But then he went on to explain that as he spent more
time hearing the many reasons it should be passed, he slowly changed his mind
because he realized that it’s the right thing to do. Now he considers himself
an avid supporter of the legalization of gay marriage and is going to continue
the fight to push it through.
While a lot
of the students who listened to Senator Casey talk did not agree with many of
the things he said, I think that it was a great experience for everyone to meet
such a high profile figure who has such influence when it comes to law making. Personally,
I found the assembly quite interesting and I hope that GA continues to bring in
more people like Senator Casey.
-Gideon S. '15
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| GA Patriots from the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools heard from and asked questions of the Senator. |
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