So I may be going into. . .. no actually I'm sure I'm going into controversial territory here. But before I go right out and make the suggestion I'm going to give it some kind of backing.
We have seen through history that literature has a strong affect on the way people think and view things. When something is written about, the opinions that are expressed upon said thing are more accepted than others. So if we speak badly of something, people think badly of it. If we speak good for something, opinions of it improve.
Now, generally we have seen that these topics are chosen from the current social standings of the area, country, or even world that the writer lives in. Now, there are many things in our world today that definitely deserve some time in the light and that need to be thought better of. In some of Brandon's other books, Elantris in particular, there is much shown on people who use their positions of power for personal gain, which exemplifies corruption, no matter the organization, and sheds a disparaging light on it..
So here is what I'd like to propose. There seems to be much going on with the acceptance of people being homosexual in recent years. I may be bias do to my orientation, but I think that spreading good word about people having rights is a good thing. We have seen in recent years more and more good media is coming about, but there isn't a lot in literature that is written by popular authors, therefore what is written doesn't gain much credence. I would like to see a gay character in one of Brandon's books. If even just a minor character we seldom hear about. Things like this will better our world.
Now we can't just look at this as "The gay agenda" -BTW I wasn't aware we had an agenda in the first place, no one invited me to THAT meeting.- But it has to be looked at as everyone's rights. I mean, if we allow the government to take away our ability to live how we chose. EVEN if it's just ONE thing. . . what happens when that one becomes two. . . two become ten. . .. soon our government has complete control over us.
Well . . . now that I'm done ranting a bit. I would like to hear your opinions about this.