I read in a forum today, an entry that a man serving in the military left. He has just gotten back from Iraq and here (in a nut shell) is what he said about same sex marriage: I just got back from Iraq. I fought for Americans’ freedom and rights. I don’t think anyone should be deprived of the rights that I have fought for. I did not fight for them so everyone wouldn’t have them.
I was truly inspired and emailed him telling him what a great person he is.
However, the sad thing is that most people don’t think like this. We live in a society where republican heterosexual caucasian males often think they dominate. Anything that jeopardizes this domination i.e. powerful women, successful black men, homosexual relationships they are against. Why on earth can America not progress from this puritanical thinking? Why can’t people read what’s REALLY in the bible and that is LOVE THY NEIGHBOR and THOU SHALT NOT JUDGE.
I agree, Christian ceremony weddings are not for homosexual relationships ONLY because in the bible marriage is defined as a man and a woman. However, I DO believe that homosexual people CAN be saved, and many are and will NOT go to Hell. I think this is a misconception that runs like water through the south. No where in the bible does it say that homosexual people go to Hell. Now, it does say that those that reject Christ will. Being homosexual is NOT rejecting Christ though. So what is with this backwards thinking of let’s treat all homosexuals like they are aliens?
I would like to defend myself as a raging liberal in the south and I would like to defend everyone else who has ever felt alienated by this narrowmindedness,including homosexual people. When are we going to see that all people deserve to be treated with the same respect? When are we going to learn that who someone sleeps with is no one’s business but their own and their partner’s? When are we going to STOP telling people they are going to Hell (when we commit sins ourselves every day) and START witnessing? Telling someone that they are going to hell based soley on one or two sins i.e. homosexuality, drinking, adultery,etc. (unless rejection of Christ) is NOT witnessing. In my opinion, it is hippocritical to judge someone for their sins because for every sin YOU judge, you commit at least two. One being the sins you commit in daily life that you may or may not notice and the other being judgement. I would like to know what is worse, being judgemental and automatically assuming a person is not a Christian based soley on their political affiliation or my minding my own business and not verbally attacking someone for having an abortion? I don’t like abortion, I certainly don’t think it’s a good idea but I’m sorry I can not bring myself to judge someone because she has made a decision that I may not make for myself. People don’t realize how awful life can be when everywhere you go you get judged over and over again by everyone you know based on one or two aspects of your life. I don’t talk politics in public unless I am with someone that I know feels the same way, I don’t feel bad about posting blogs about it because if you are offended in any way you don’t HAVE to keep reading, and well you didn’t have to start reading in the first place. I don’t ever want to make anyone feel as alienated as I have felt. And I have been given this treatment only because I refuse to lie about who I am. I will never say I am someone I am not and I will never just “not talk about it” if someone asks me my political affiliation. I am the kind of person that will bind over backwards for my friends, I care about people and try my hardest to be a good person yet the mere fact that I am a democrat is enough for people to treat me like I am unhuman. I have heard my “friends” say some of the harshest things to me, like coming to MY house and trash mouthing democrats, while I keep my mouth shut because I am determined to be the better person. One of the most painful things to hear is when people refer to democrats as “the liberals” the term sounds completely unhuman to me. It is as if they are isolating democrats from human beings. Another thing that makes me cringe to hear is “the gays” this makes them sound like a flock of birds that are about to swoop down and attack us all with their magical gay powers. They are humans, you know. Like real live humans, they have blood too by the way, and when people say things like “faggot” “queer” “homo” and “the gays” It hurts their feelings so please think before you talk because no one deserves to be mistreated no matter how “wrong” some of you may think being gay is. As wrong as you think homosexuality is, that’s how wrong I think judgement is. Why can’t people just leave it alone? Why can’t people just ignore it when someone says they are gay? What is it inside of them that turns them into monsters and makes them lash out on a lifestyle that doesn’t even concern them? I just dont understand why some people feel like it’s their business to harrass someone because of their lifestyle.
That’s my rant. If it offended you sorry, but just think of all the people that have been harrassed for this crap, I guarantee you that offended them more.
