Maybe I’m getting old but this Gay thing is getting on my nerves, like a commercial I’ve seen too often. It amazes me that we are still talking about equal rights after all this time.
I suppose I never really understood all the hoopla over born Gay or some how Seduced into becoming Gay? If we are born Gay then it means we are as normal as anyone and the fact that our parents are straight (I know mine were) and they had no say in it at all must be part of Gods plan, right? So the part I don’t understand is we are still their children so what’s the problem? Parents defend their children for all kinds of things, they don’t throw them out, abuse them or disinherit them for other reasons, even when they don’t understand, even when it’s totally so egregious it boggles the mind some times.
If, like some religious people say we are seduced into becoming Gay when does that actually happen? Does some “Gay Fairy” sneak into our bedroom while we sleep and spread Fairy dust on us? Like so many people know I was Gay at a very young age and was having sex with most of my friends by the time I was 10. They all turned out straight, so what does that make them? So if like they say we were seduced where were our Parents when that happened? Weren’t they supposed to protect us from the “Gay Fairy” and why aren’t they protecting us now, we are still their children after all?
Either way you look at it we are still their children. I mean we come from somewhere and since as they say we can’t have children of our own, they created us one way or another, right? So why hate your own children so much?
Growing up I went to Parochial School where a Nun in 4th grade pulled me out of line and accused me of being “Queer”? Gaydar in the 50s I guess. I found it interesting that back then God loved everyone except “Queers” and it seems to still be true today. Religions now say it’s okay to be Gay you just can’t have sex. Where is the sense in that, I mean what’s the point? Then again they don’t condone Condoms but hate abortions so I suppose they aren’t interested in making sense? I recently watched “Doubt” and all of those memories came rushing back of scary Nuns and incoherent, arbitrary and contradictory attitudes that left me scratching my head as to what Religion was all about. My most basic question came when I was told that Jews weren’t going to heaven, “But wasn’t the Bible written by Jews” I asked? I never got a real answer to that question so I wasn’t sure if it was plagiarism or just plain creepy. I’ve been weary of Bible thumpers ever since.
I remember in 7th grade having a crush on a priest (he was very sexy) and tried my best to seduce him, to his credit he ignored me. I did later confess my sin but always wondered if it was a valid confession. I was truly sorry I put him in danger but some how never regretted wanting him? So confession has always been odd for me. I mean if I’m truly sorry I can pretty much do anything and still go to Heaven, even kill someone, but not if I’m “Queer”? This also led me to think that maybe all those priests accused of seducing boys might not be so guilty after all, boys can be very manipulative and caught who are they going to believe?
Then there is the, God Loves all of us, love thy neighbor, we are all created in Gods image, on and on unless they’re “Queer”? Kind of makes me wonder how they call themselves Christians with a straight face?
Larry Kramer hates the word “Queer” but I rather like it some how. I mean aren’t we all “Queer” to some degree? Think of all those Bible thumpers spewing hate about everyone that doesn’t believe exactly as they do, then preaching Gods love, aren’t they a bit “Queer”? Okay some actually are but you get what I mean. How can you hate abortions and also rail against contraceptives isn’t that a bit “Queer”? Okay maybe that’s just plain stupid. How can someone believe life begins at fertilization, must be carried to birth even if the mother dies or the child is so flawed it can’t possibly live but if they turn out “Queer”, some how that’s not acceptable? Isn’t that just too “Queer”?
People are against using the word “Marriage” when it comes to Gay unions for some reason? I kind of understand but then again last year 32,000 Catholics filed for annulments, pretty much declaring their first marriage non existent, not to mention a 50% divorce rate and the whole second, third trophy wife thing. So what makes the word “Marriage” sacred? It strikes me that Straight people don’t think of the word as sacred? I find that really “Queer” thinking not to mention a really bad argument.
Then there is the Vitter, Craig and now Ensign thing completely dismissing the whole sanctity of Marriage while pontificating its sanctity between a man and a woman. This would just be another blip if they didn’t rail against others for doing the same. So again what’s in a word, a word they don’t even believe in? How many of their kind are still out there?
Whatever word you use, or think about Gay people, let’s all try and remember we are all someone’s children, made in Gods image and should be accepted equally, that’s what parents are suppose to do, right? Then again maybe I’m just getting old and confused ready to go on to more important issues that actually make sense and matter?