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It’s just one of those controversial topics at which I have to throw my two cents.

Plain and simple, I am all for it.

While I don’t believe I have to defend the way I feel about this, I do feel like it is appropriate to give my reasoning since, you know, I’m never afraid to say what I think.

Some things are definitely a choice.  Friends.  The color you paint your walls.  Picking your nose.  Digging the panties out of your ass.

Then there are the parts of our life that we have zero control over without debate.  Family.  Heritage.

But like everything, there is a bit of a gray zone.  Some people believe we have a certain amount of control over these things.  Others feel we don’t.

Sexual orientation is one of those things.

Now, I personally believe that who we find ourselves attracted to is not a choice, and it pisses me off royally when religious fanatics and anti-gay advocates try to say otherwise.  Can you deny it when you have chemistry with someone?  Yes, we can control what we do about it, but we certainly can’t help the way our body and mind innately feels.

I am one of those liberal-minded folk who are completely comfortable with those who are of a different sexual orientation than myself.  I have never had a problem with other women hitting on me or seeing gay men gape at my sexy-ass husband.  One of my favorite movies of all time is Brokeback Mountain.  I fail to see how anyone can look at that kind of love and see it as anything other than beautiful.  Yes, it’s just a movie.  But the passion is undeniable.  Who cares if it it’s two men?

Yes, we are entitled to believe what we want.  Each to his or her own.  However, it poses a problem when our “beliefs” impose judgment or inequality upon others.

Hey, I don’t like when stupid, racist shitheads open their mouths, but I’m not about to tell them they can’t.  It’s their right to breathe.  Just like it’s their right to reproduce and buy a car and *gasp* even end up hosting a close-minded radio talk show.  I don’t have to like those kinds of people, so I make the choice to avoid being around them.

Because I believe that sexual orientation isn’t a choice, I also feel that limiting marriage or a legal union or sorts to heterosexual couples only is discimination.  I mean, really, if you’re opposed to gay marriage, don’t do it yourself.

How on earth does another couple’s relationship (be it straight or gay) have anything to do with you?

News flash: it doesn’t.

Call it what you will- a union, a marriage, a common-law, whatever- I really believe that a gay couple should have the same legal rights and benefits as a heterosexual couple.  By denying a loving pair of this, it is nothing other than discrimination upon a minority group.  It’s saying, you can’t have this because it’s not the norm.

Says who?  Well, for the religious fanatics who say, “God clearly says in Romans blah blah blah…,” get your head out of your ass and do a little research.  You *just might* be interpreting what is said there incorrectly.

Think what you will, but let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.  If you believe it’s wrong, don’t do it.  But on the flip side, it is wrong for you to judge another human being… and God said so.  If you think others are sinners for loving and engaging in a relationship with the same sex, look the other way.  Leave them alone.

In a society that has come so far, I am constantly reminded by current politics how close-minded so many of our citizens really are.

Tell me, where is the line between preservation of moral standards and refusing to allow something just because it’s different really drawn?

And why on earth do so many people think they have the God-given right to discriminate against those simply because of their sexual orientation?

I just don’t get it.

Current Mood: Mischievous

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