When I think of the first amendment I think of freedom of
speech, which means I’m going to evoke my right to speak freely and there are
going to be some hurt feelings somewhere, but that will pass. People are saying
that there is to be a vote tomorrow on the legalization of gay marriages. And I
hear all of the bullshit and all of the complaining. People want to get snobby and turn their
noses up. Some even want to throw
religion into the mix as to what God ordained as right and wrong. Personally, I’m sick of all the talk about
how there is a right side or a wrong one.
Then again, who is to really judge what is right or wrong anymore?
I’m tired of all the stupidity that is out there, after all
gayness is not an illness that can just rub off on you at anytime. I’m not completely sure how one determines
the formula on who’s gay or not, but who cares? I’m not gay, because that is what I
chose for me. However, I have loads of friends who are, and I don’t understand why
that should be censored, why it should matter.
People come up with these stupid reasons as to why they think that being
gay is not acceptable, what do I have to say to those people besides, they just
can’t see things the way that they are, and they would rather let the sanctuary
of their own ignorance come crashing down around them instead of learning
something. Why, because they don’t know
any better; then how do we choose what side is right?
The answer is we don’t. Since the beginning of time there
have always been two sides. People are always going to be on opposite sides.
Because in the world that we live in people think that things are always black
and white, and hardly ever pay attention to the gray areas in between. Yes people think that gays should not be able
to marry, but that is stupid. What if
America as we know it was not allowed to enter into marriage at all. Marriage is really that special, aside from
the vast amounts of money we spend on a ceremony, it’s all about the principle of
being able to stand before the gods and everyone to admit your deepest feelings
to someone. I wouldn’t want to be a part
of a world that segregates love. In my eyes soul mates are not just a man and a
woman. Soul mates can be anyone; any
gender.
Oh, I’m sure that all those sanctimonious Christians out
there are outraged. But then one must ask; How dare you really sit there on
your pedestal and say that you are an authority on the bible when you skim
through it like it’s an unwanted school novel?
You don’t have to like everyone, but you have to love them. Judge not
for ye not be judged. (I’m pretty sure a
lot of you missed out on that one, maybe the print in your bible was not big
enough.) What if the shoe were on the other foot, what if being straight was
known as being odd and being gay was the status quo? What if the government was
voting on if straight people could marry, would you see things
differently? No, they cannot. The
majority of the world can’t allow themselves to think that way. These days an open mind is a novelty, people
lack imagination and the possibility of new things happening.
So I guess in closing I can say is yes, people are overly judgmental;
they don’t stop to look at all the possibilities and only focusing on the one. Who
is to say that what we all believe is right?
My views that gay people should be able to be looked at as normal people
might not be what someone else believes, and that’s fine. Instead of us fighting about who was wrong
and who was right, or trying to get each other to understand the other side. If
we survived the Holocaust and slavery, can’t we survive this too, and become
better people going forward?
Just a thought.
