Gay Marriage, blah blah blah

I saw this photo on a friend’s blog, who also found it on another blog. I am hoping, that by posting it on my blog, it’s message will continue to be spread. As Ellen, everyone’s favorite lesbian, said so simply to John McCain, “…blacks and women did not have the right to vote. I mean, women just got the right to vote in 1920. Blacks didn’t have the right to vote until 1870. And it just feels like there is this old way of thinking that we are not all the same. We are all the same people, all of us. You’re no different than I am. Our love is the same.”

Exactly.

I mean, as a gay man, I still don’t get what being a transexual is all about, but have I ever judged them or thought that they were less of a human than myself? Nope. Would I let a transexual get married to whoever they love? Yes. Would I let a transexual make fat jokes about me and talk about my momma? No. I would throw a stale apple fritter at her face and, in turn, they would pull out a ghetto shank and threaten to cut me, so I would call the cops and….*

I digress.

I just truly don’t understand what the big deal is about gay marriage! Let people marry people! I have yet to hear a good argument against gay marriage. I only hear… “because it’s between a man and a woman” or “it ruins the sanctity of marriage” or “because marriage is for pro-creation” or McCain’s response, “We just have a disagreement.” So unapologetically vague.

How is a ceremony that is a symbol of love only between a man and a woman? How is the sanctity of someone else’s marriage being ruined if two ‘mo’s want to celebrate their own idea of sanctity in their own relationship? How is marriage only designed to pop out some babies when there are millions of kids without parents? I think the only answer here is fear – fear to accept that gays are the same as straights in every capacity except for who they are attracted to.

Does it all come down to how gays fit in the religious backdrop of America? I’m not sure. Do we have to go through the old, tired song and dance of “Being gay is a choice!!!!” vs. “You’re just born gay!!!!” Maybe. Until everyone understands that being gay is just the same as being white, being black, being asian, having blue eyes, having freckles, etc. etc. et-mofo-cetera, then our country is at a moral stand still. I am hopeful that the youth of today will help spearhead reform in the direction of acceptance. I might not be a huge fan of religion, but I am a huge fan of love. A friend of mine’s Facebook profile says “Religious Views = Love“. Simple and beautiful.

Being gay is the last thing in America that the general public thinks it is OK to be prejudiced towards. Could America get away with denying these rights to blacks? No. Is it alright to make fun of developmentally disabled people? No. Can we get away with sexually harassing women in the work place? No. Would you point and laugh at a really fat girl? No, but you might think about it. Would you take your stupid, dirty, Hasidic landlord to court? Yes, and I would love every minute of it.

* That story about the tranny actually happened.