Homosexuality.
This is the same post I had up last year, with some additions…
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about this subject lately. It’s something that I don’t really think about because… well, it’s not really a huge thing for me. I’m gay. So what?
Leviticus 20:13 states, “If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death.” The bible also states things about stoning not only women, but some innocent people to death. So… my question is would you really take that seriously? I’m a very firm believer in God, because I’m Catholic. I was born and raised as a Catholic my whole life. I’m not going against God. I would never do that. I’m simply recognizing some of the “questionable” and “controversial” topics. And yes, I’m gay. So… does this mean that because I’ve laid with another man, I’ve committed an abomination? Does this mean that I shall “surely be punished?” I believe, no. I have not committed any crime. I have not done anything wrong. To the closed-minded, ignorant people like Rick Perry, God made me this way. If you are as “Christian-like” as they say you are, you should follow this: “Do to others as you would have them do to you” (Luke 6:31). So, again, for those like Rick Perry, would you like me to make videos to make you feel like shit too? Would you like me to send you hate messages? Would you like me to tell you who you can and can’t love? Would you like me to tell you that you don’t deserve to live?
I talked to a priest about this subject. He himself even told me that there are some things in the Bible that are questionable. He told me he believes that God made everyone the way they are for a person. He told me that even though there are some writings in the Roman Catholic Church about condemning homosexuality, there are also some current writings that approve of it. So in essence, it really is one’s personal opinion. This pretty much says: Are you open-minded and accepting? Or are you a closed-minded bigot who doesn’t believe in human rights? To love someone is a basic human-right. I’ve been approached by people before asking why I’m gay. I tell them that it wasn’t a choice I made. I tell them that God made me the way I am for a reason. One person had the audacity to tell me, “You can only be happy with sin for so long.” I told them, “You better get the fuck out of my face, right now.”
Anyway, my original point was who has the right to tell someone who they can and can’t love? What if this world was opposite? What if homosexuality was the dominant sexual orientation and they were telling heterosexuals that they couldn’t marry? Have you (the one’s who think homosexuality is wrong) ever considered that? What if you were in our shoes? How would you feel if I told you that you couldn’t marry the one you love? Did you ever think about that? Personally, I believe that marriage allows two people, regardless of sex, to show society how much they love each other. People believe that homosexuals are ruining the sanctity of marriage. It’s quite the opposite. If one were to look at relationships, it is proved that homosexual couples stay together much longer than heterosexual marriages. I just read an article about two gay men that have been together since the 1950’s. That’s amazing. I’m not saying that there aren’t heterosexual couples out there who haven’t been together that long. I’m sure there are. I’m just trying to prove a point. I read that Kim Kardashian’s marriage lasted 72 days. So… who’s ruining the sanctity of marriage?
People also don’t want homosexuals to marry in fear that it will “ruin and corrupt the minds of younger children.” Now let’s think about this. I really don’t see the logic in this. There isn’t anything wrong with two people showing their affection for each other. Are parents worried that television will “ruin and corrupt the minds of younger children?” Half the shows on reality television nowadays portray people doing drugs and having children at the age of sixteen. Parents are concerned about their children seeing homosexual couples holding hands or giving each other a peck on the cheek, but they’re not concerned about their children watching people do those kinds of things? Now, I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something wrong with that picture.
People who come out as gay or bisexual to their parents and get shunned by their family. I see stories like this every once in a while, and it breaks my heart. To be quite frank, I don’t see why one’s parents wouldn’t be accepting of their children. It’s okay to accept a heterosexual child, but not a homosexual child? Can you spell DOUBLE-STANDARD? Yes, views on religion may play a big part in this, but the fact that they are still your child should change everything. No heterosexual can imagine what runs through the mind of someone as they’re about to tell their parents that they’re gay or bisexual. I went through it. I had to tell both my mom and my dad. And not only them, I had to tell my whole family. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life. It’s not easy. It is a stepping-stone in life that helps build up a homosexual person.
This brings me to the little boy who went up to Michele Bachmann saying, “My mommy is gay, but she doesn’t need to be fixed.” I am astounded that there are people out there who think homosexuality is disease. Homosexuality is not a disease. People say they can cure homosexuals. It isn’t curable because it’s not a disease; there is nothing wrong with it.
So, I guess I’ve gone on kind of a rant here, but the bottom line is:
Being a homosexual is something that defines me. It is something that I am proud to say I am. I didn’t choose to be gay, I’ve always known since I was a kid. I am a child of God; God made me the way I am for a reason. I treat others the way they would want to be treated in the sense that I respect everyone for who they are. I don’t judge anyone for being heterosexual. I don’t make videos condemning them for the way they are. I choose to be an open-minded person who accepts everyone for who they are. I don’t see why people can’t just accept that fact that homosexuality is not something you can change. Again, what if the tables were turned and homosexuality was the ruling sexual orientation on the earth? What would you do then? Put yourselves in our shoes. Lastly, we are not ruining the sanctity of marriage. We just want to be able to express our love for each other to the public, without any scrutiny. We are people. We are people, with rights. You have no right to try and take that away from us.
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”
- Harvey Milk
