Gay Marriage, Alternative Healing and More This Week in the Blogs

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Berkley High School students score big at state band and orchestra festival

The Berkley Instrumental Boosters shared good news about the community's young musicians: "Proving, once again, why the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) named the Berkley School District a “Best Communities for Music Education” for the second year in a row, Berkley High School band and orchestra students performed outstanding at last week’s state festival."

Dave Dombrowski: The Man Who Revitalized Detroit

Berkley High School student and Patch blogger Jacob Rothman shares his thoughts on the Detroit Tigers' general manager and his impact on the team and city. "As their team got significantly better, Tigers fans once again began to flock down to Comerica Park, instilling a sense of renewed hope in the team and the struggling environment around them," he writes. "Through a recession, a bailout, a corrupt mayor, and much more, Dave Dombrowski continued to excel at his job. This perseverance is exactly what the Tigers, their fans, and the city of Detroit needed in their darkest days."

Let's Talk About Reiki & Alternative Healing

Samantha E. Harris writes about alternative healing and her own experiences. "When I was diagnosed with Vitiligo and another auto-immune disease, I was told by numerous specialists and endocrinologists that there was no cure, that my body would eventually have the same pigmentation pattern of a giraffe and that my risk of skin cancer would triple," she writes. "I didn't take 'no' for an answer and began my own search into alternative healing – as should everyone. I believe nature has provided us with everything we need to heal and is what our pharmaceuticals are derived from. Eventually I found a natural cure (wearing a copper bracelet and taking gingko biloba) and also visited with a homeopath."

Gay marriage! A trend? A sin? Or a right?

Fady Elias shares his thoughts on the hot topic and asks readers: "Would you support your gay friend if they invite you to their wedding? How about your gay neighbor? Or cousin or brother or sister? Will you do business with gay people? Maybe you are already, will you quit? If you fell on the street will you take the hand that is reaching to pick you up if it was gay?"