Today I am "calling in Gay". I am not going to spend a penny or participate in commerce in any fashion. This is a movement to demonstrate solidarity with those who are seeking to have the same rights to marry that many of us take for granted.
My cousin Kate & her spouse, Trish, spent yesterday at a hearing before the Iowa Supreme Court, fighting for their right to be recognized as married.
It sickens me that in this "new millenium" such a travesty of justice is even still going on. I just can't understand the objections. We're not talking about forcing churches to perform the ceremonies, and it's not like there are a bunch of people in straight marriages who will "jump ship and go gay" if only the law were changed. In fact, legalizing gay marriage will make absolutely NO difference for anybody except those who are already living as married couples, but without the rights and legal protections they deserve, simply because their spouse is of the same gender.
Why do people who label themselves as Christians (I don't expect to meet any of these people in my heaven!) continue to battle so vehemently against this one group of humans, claiming they are "defending" marriage in the interest of "our children", yet they don't make a peep about divorce or out-of-wedlock childbirth, or people who choose not to get married, because let's face it, there are a lot of financial advantages to staying single?
The fact that they have chosen to single out homosexuals, and turn a blind eye to other lifestyle choices which do far more damage to the "institution" they claim to be defending is proof that they are simply behaving in an ignorant and homophobic manner. How ridiculous! How pathetic! How sad that there are so many of them. Really, how frightening.
I have a lot more to say on the issue, but sadly, the people who will understand my writing are not the ones who need to be convinced. You can't use logic to reason against the illogical excuses of the unreasonable.
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