Oh Great! I live next door to a racist pig.

I am all for the 1st Amendment: but when it comes to being racist there is no excuse.  Several years ago we had neighbors move in across the street.  At first they seemed okay but over time their true colors started to show.  The first sign was when the male figure at the house would not allow his child play with neighbor's children because the color their skin.  One might wonder how I know this is the reason...coming from the mouth of an innocent child...I was told that he told his child to come in because you are not allowed to play with the likes of them.  Real nice!

After a year a confederate flag started to fly over his house.  Let me state we do have a homeowner's association but they do nothing.  They can make comments about edging our yard when we do not own an edger but they will stand up to a racist pig that flies the confederate flag knowing that we have several African-American families that live in our neighborhood.  After a couple of years the confederate flag came down and was replaced with The Bonnie Blue Flag.  My girls and my neighbor's son wanted me to look up the meaning of this flag and sadly I found this about it:  The flag itself has a history of southern heritage but after knowing the way this man acts I am pretty sure he is flying it because of southern rights.

Hey I am a southerner.  Born and raised in the South.  The one difference is that my parents taught me to accept all people regardless of their differences.  Throughout the years I have tried to teach my children the same and hope they will pass it on to their children.  Life is too short to hate people just because they are different than you.  That is what makes us unique.

The sad things it that this individual calls himself a christian.  My problem with this is that I do not believe God is smiling when he hears such comments made by this person.  God taught us to love one another.  I pray that my neighbor will find the light and change his ways.  It is really sad because he doesn't realize how nice our neighbors are because he will not give them a chance due to the color of their skin.