Gay Marriage

I might as well be honest, many gay people make me uncomfortable.  I don't like their gender bending clothes, hairstyles or mannerisms.  I don't have any gay friends, although there are many that I'm friendly with.  I like people that are - well - like me.  Having said that I would like to state emphatically that I am pro gay marriage.

See there are many people and types of people that make me uncomfortable.  People with face piercings, excessive tattoos, neighbors that don't speak English, the devoutly religious... These people are not like me, that takes me out of my comfort zone and I don't like it but I'm an American and not a complete dumbass.  I know that it's our differences that made us strong and it's our tolerance for those differences that have kept us that way.

That brings me back to the beginning - gay people and their right to marry.  Many states and even at the Federal level the nation is struggling with this issue.  The usual reason most citizens claim they are against it is because God has declared it a sin.  Oh Hogwash!  While there may be a reference in the Bible that man should not lay with man as he does with woman, I don't see it being described as a crime right up there with murder.  Hell, if you read Leviticus you know it's a greater crime to plow your field on Sabbath than it is to partake of the love that shall not be mentioned.  No, the biggest reason, if people were honest which they rarely are, people are against gay marriage is that it makes them uncomfortable.  They don't like the way it looks or how gay people act.  They just use religion as a bigot crutch. 

There is absolutely no good reason to not give gay people equal rights but when dealing with humanity, reason isn't always a factor.

Comments

[Trish]

First of all, I am pro-gay marriage. They just want the same legal rights as straight couples. I think as long as everyone is over 18 -who marries who is no one else's business. I hear constantly around here about the "sanctity of marriage". The funny part is that it is usually being spewed out of the mouth of some jerk who habitually cheats on his own wife.
Secondly, I find it really strange that you are uncomfortable around gay people and people who are different. I love unusual people. I hate that so many people in this country act like sheep. Considering that we grew up around so many gay people I wouldn't think you'd find it "different".

[Jane the pain]

I agree with Trish part one, but not part two, gay men do not make me uncomfortable around, the ones I know are intelligent and just plain ole fun to be around. I can not say the say thing about lesbians who are all over each other out is public..gay men who are all over each other out is public is ok for me. So I guess it just the women that make me uncomfortable. Does that make me a lesbianophoblic???

[Ann]

Jane, well like I told Trish on the phone last night, down here in Boston sometimes what you see will leave *ahem* lasting memories. I've seen gay men being led around by a collar. Gay men dressed in only a few strips of leather.... There are some things you see that leave a very lasting effect. Homosexuality, whatever, it's just another way God made us. People too far outside the norm... I'm not relaxing here.