Interrupting the NaNo-blogging to say: I just don’t get it. WTF, Maine? How did gays ever hurt you? WTH, California? Just try getting by without your gays!
WTFBBQ!!!! to my own state, where we have a frakkin’ BAN, just to make damn sure.
Traditional marriage is threatened by things like “How to Marry a Millionaire” and Britney’s measured-in-hours matrimonial bliss, not by two people who love each other and want to make a public commitment. Where is the concentrated effort, the money pouring in, to put a stop to reality-show weddings, and drunk children making stupid mistakes?
I’ve heard the protests, and I’m sorry you don’t understand, but I will call anyone against gay marriage a bigot. You people don’t want for others the rights you can enjoy with an hour of preparation and a ten-minute ceremony performed by a bad Elvis impersonator. You’re either a bigot or a bully, and you’re probably both.
It’s against your religion? Fine. Don’t marry a gay. But you’d get awfully ticked off if a majority of Jews (not that they ever would, it’s an example!) tried to keep you from eating bacon because it’s against their religion, wouldn’t you?
How about if the majority of people in the U.S. were of strict Islamic faith? Are you going to calmly agree to wear a hijab, ladies?
This is why we have separation of Church and State. So I can eat bacon and leave my head uncovered and follow my Christian faith. So we can all peacefully go about our lives, pursuing our happiness.
If blocking others from happiness is what makes you happy, you are nothing but a bully.
It’s a big schoolyard with lots and lots of kids, but never doubt that God is watching.
And here’s what else I don’t get–yeah, the Old Testament said stuff that arguably could be about gays. But Christ said in plain language that divorce is a sin. Where is the protest that divorce endangers marriage? If you’re a Christian, then shouldn’t Christ’s words matter more to you than the Old Testament? Why aren’t you campaigning for laws to outlaw divorce?
Oh, right. Because that would actually affect you.
Nobody likes a bully.
If you want to live your faith, try following what Christ said was all you needed to do–love God and love your neighbor.
You know. The gay one.
This.
So hard.
Rock on!!!!!
Things like this are why I’m convinced that religion has no place in my life. Spirituality, yes. Using my beliefs to justify denying other people basic rights? No. Not saying that all people who embrace religion are this way…it’s just something I see a lot of.
We just had a major vote here in WA about the “Everything but Marriage” law (R-71), and it’s passing, and I’m damn glad about that. But there’s already rumblings from the Conservative Christians about how they’re going to file a referendum to stop R-71, and this is where I get really upset. The people of Washington voted for this law to pass. The people of Washington have amply demonstrated that they believe in equal rights for all. It’s time for the Conservatives to swallow and learn to live and let live.
I don’t understand, and I will never understand, why it is so hard for people to accept each other. Whatever happened to tolerance? Whatever happened to acceptance? Whatever happened to love for all creatures great and small? I thought it was Equal Rights for everyone, not just for a priveledged few.
And THAT infuriates me as well. I am a Christian. I take my faith very seriously. And these–these Old Testament JERKS make my religion look bad! I don’t think they should be called Christians. They need a name that reflects what they are. Again and again Christ sought out the people everyone else despised. If they want to have their legal stonings and carp, they need to go back to Old School.
Even if homosexuality were a sin (which I’m not buying), there are SO MUCH WORSE things out there. Children are dying and they want to yelp about consensual adults loving with the wrong bits?