Tired of pretending, let the fun begin!

Historically, the south has been most likely conservative. They bragged about being righteous and Christian-like. They had the truth and they had the right to judge.
Living under this pressing context, everyone had to be good, and do good. be an exemplary citizen, raise the most wonderful children, have the best slaves. Women had to be very "lady-like"to find the best husband,  to be the best moms, best wives, best Christians. Men had to have a wide net of contacts, be very influential, provide for the family.Their life was driven by perfection. Perfect life, perfect family, perfect house.If someone did not meet those expectations, that someone would be "kindly" segregated.   I would say, it was a very legalistic community. The reign of the values of the South was as an "Age of Absolutism", you either obey and live under its rules, or you leave or rebel against it and stay to suffer the consequences.
After the civil war, loss after loss, little by little, the strong personality of the South has been tendering itself. Maybe they realized they had lost the fight, maybe the young generations are not as strong believers as the preceding ones, or maybe they realize pride is taking them anywhere but to ruin. The fact is that as Emily´s life is revealed to the public, real intentions start coming out. The truth that all that pretending was hiding finally comes to light.
Now a days, even though the South is still the most conservative section of the United States, the separation between the church and the state becomes more clear. Driven by pride of their ancient beliefs they publicly state what is still morally correct and what is acceptable; but as a whole they are breaking the patron. As an example we can talk about gay life, which as in any conservative party, was socially strongly punished. The South is now divided in their favor to same-sex marriage. There is not a majority anymore, we do not have a "conservative South, driven by the "southern values."What we have is a population evenly divided in opinions: there are those who freely live not wanting to hide anymore and respecting everyone who wants to do the same, and there are those who keep on pretending with their perfect life as if they had bought their place on heaven.
I think we could use the South as a metaphor for our life. We live under the pressure of reaching certain standards that people around us sets for us: a career, a lifestyle, a status. We hide our real identity underground. We are afraid to show what we love in secret. But as has happened in the South, sooner or later,  every real intention comes to light, every secret is revealed and all the doors will be teared down.
We may believe we are safe now but sooner or later our real identities and our dear beliefs will come to light.
As that 50% of southerns who decided to step up and live freely just under their own expectations, let´s stop pretending and live our life proud of what we are, what we believe and follow who we decide to follow, before we regret it. After all, hiding only hurts ourselves and honesty leads to joy.