Don We Now...

...Our gay apparel.

One small change can cause an uproar (just ask Hallmark).

I was raised in an era where everyone that wasn't hetero was in the closet. I never understood why it mattered. I suppose it's the same reason I never understood why it mattered what color your skin is or what country you come from.

We all bleed red. Everyone looks the same on the inside. We're all human. I've heard these arguments again and again when it comes to the recent human rights fight.

What I haven't heard is other than religious beliefs, why it's so bad to be gay (blanket term here covering lesbians as well).

"Because God said so," isn't a valid argument when it comes to human rights, especially in the United States. This union was formed because of oppression, so why do we continue to oppress?

Degrading a human being because they are different than you are is something that God would condone? Hello? *tap tap* Is anybody there? Did I lose you?

I'm all for everyone having an opinion on the matter. Absolutely, but can't we all agree that hurting another human being, regardless of differentiating views, beliefs etc., is wrong?

Does it directly affect you if two men or two women want to marry? I don't understand the ostracizing of other people for any reason. Any.

If it is so that people choose to be gay (which by the way I disagree with) and by that definition, can be changed, it's the same with everything. I choose to be spiritual, but not go to church. So if you sent me to a "camp," I could be changed to go to church every day. Would it be because that's what I wanted or would it be because I've heard it so much that I gave in to it?

This post has a lot of talk about religion in it because I've never heard an argument against gay marriage that wasn't related to a religious belief.

Maybe I'm too laid back. Maybe the thought that EVERYONE deserves happiness is out of left field. 

As a nation of free thinkers, why do we think everyone should be the same? How boring is that! 

~Kim