My sister sent me this today in an email, and I decided to share it with all of you. I think this simile sums it up perfectly. My biggest qualm about haters of equal marriage is the fact that they always point out how it's against their religion or it violates the sanctity of marriage. Would someone PLEASE explain to me how this is? How does what someone else does with the one they love effect ANYONE else? Frankly, if John marrying Steve or Lisa marrying Karen affects YOUR marriage then you have A LOT bigger problems of your own to sort out. STOP THINKING THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND YOU BIGOTS! 'cause it doesn't! EVERYONE deserves to be happy and marry the one they love, not just people of a certain orientation or religon.
Well said Wally.
ReplyDeleteI have a brother that is gay, and I must say, he did not choose to be so. Since he was a baby, it was apparent that there was something unique about him. At the time I had no idea what that was, all I knew is that he thought and acted slightly different from my other brothers.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until he was fourteen and Myself sixteen, that it occurred to me that he was gay, although he had yet to come to terms with his own sexuality. It would be another two years until he would come out and tell my mother he was gay.
Now many parents would ask question such as "Are you sure?" "How do you know?" "Why do you want to be gay." Instead my mother asked, "How long have you known?" She was very understanding and excepting of my brother and never made him feel as though there was something wrong with him. Then when I learned about it, I said I had known he was gay before he did. His being gay made no difference to me at all.
Years later, my brother would tell my mother that she said the exact right thing, when he had come out. This made him feel good, like there was nothing wrong with him and that he was still loved.
He has been living with a man for the past twelve years, and we all accept him as part of the family. It does not seem out of place to have a brother in law when I four brothers and no sisters. In fact it feels perfectly normal, and I would not change things one bit. I hope that one day they will be able to have a legal marriage and have the same benefits as other married couples.
I can see the wonderful wedding right now in my mind. It's beautiful!
There are those whose reasons, for disagreeing with gay marriage, do not relate to religion. And also, not everyone who disagrees with it is a bigot. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteNo not everyone that is opposed to it relates it back to religion but that was the group i was specifying here. Also, anyone who would deny a person basic human RIGHTS, such as marrying who they love, is a bigot.
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