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Originally Posted by Highlander  I can only assume he goes both ways, has a gay daughter or something like that. There's some underlying reason why he thinks rump rangers are normal.
In any case, I really don't hate gay people. I hope that someday they can find a cure. A pill, a surgery or some shock treatment. Until then, let's accept their illness and try to work with them. That doesn't mean marraige. That's like giving a driver's license to a blind person. |
My brother is gay. That's not 'normal'. Normal is heterosexual. Normal is white. Normal is get married, 2.2 kids, two cars, a house, a back yard, BBQ's on the weekend. Normal is sit in traffic to go to a job. Normal is two weeks vacation a year. Normal is kids playing soccer. Normal is listening to bad music and watching bad TV.
Reality is matters of degree of all those things. Normal is simply what is most common. Not an absolute.
My brother IS gay. It's not a disease. He didn't choose what turns him on. He isn't acting out some sort of issues. It's not something in need of a cure anymore than you liking a flavor of ice cream I don't like or you liking red heads and me liking blondes or you liking tall and skinny and me liking short and a great butt. Sexual preference is just that. When we were kids and looking at dads Playboys in the basement, I was looking at boobs and he was looking at the male models. That's just the way it is.
The simple fact that anyone opposes gay marriage indicates a disagreement with the personal choices someone makes. That they are ill. That they don't really feel that way. That there is something wrong with them. That they are less. Not as worthy. A problem.
I think people that spend 2 hours a day in traffic are mentally ill. I think people that watch American Idle need help. I think people that feel trapped and constrained and miserable with their lives should try to make it better, try to pursue happiness as they see fit. As long as they are taking care of their responsibilities, paying their bills, not violating someone else's rights, I could not care less how they define it how they go about it.
For whatever reasons, this is a very emotional and threatening thing for some people. You have to reconcile that and deal with your own fears and desires to limit what others can or can't do. How two queers getting married and living happy lives together injures you is for you to figure out.
