“Ew, you’re GAY? Homosexuality is so wrong! God made Adam and EVE, not Adam and STEVE.”
So? Humans had to reproduce SOMEHOW. Besides, we’re all made in God’s image, aren’t we? How could we exist if he didn’t want us to? Besides, I don’t believe that the main focus of Christianity is “believe in God and Jesus and kill all the gays,” is it? if it was, there would have been a much greater emphasis on homosexuals in the Bible. The definition of Christianity isn’t “loving God and hating gays,” nor is loving God and accepting homosexuals two mutually exclusive things. It might not be your personal taste, but it doesn’t mean that you have to squash it or hate it.
I also find it quite sad, my Dear Little Homophobe, that you’ve let yourself be defined by your hate, and that you’re following the mainstream (or, should I say, “easiest”) train of thought just so that you’re not singled out for hate as well. You’re almost scared. And while you’re getting the perfect job and a trophy wife that you’ll love ever so dearly, while you’re raising amazing, well-behaved (albeit narrow-minded), pretty little children, I’ll be free. Your wife will be gorgeous and your kids will be little soccer superstar athletes, and you’ll applaud and smile when they beat the other kids, and when they lose you’ll shake your finger and yell at them and tell them that they can do better than that in the van on the way home. And then you’ll tell your friends at work what a wonderful family you have, what winners, and you’ll always be looking for acceptance (the irony!), for congratulations, for self-justification and praise. YOU will always live by what others think. And I, I will not care what others think, and I will truly be free in that. Because I have stretched my knowledge and intelligence into understand and accepting all things in life--whether they are to my personal taste and moral guidelines or not--and I will truly be happy. And I shall have a wonderful partner who truly cares about me and not what others think, and I might have adopted children, and I will recycle and turn off lights when I leave the room, and listen to others and help them out, and I shall plant gardens and grow tomatoes, and I will put together photo albums of my life on rainy days. I will not worry and I will be happy.
Author notes
8-6-07
Comparing two different types of people. Of course, not all homophobes are as described, but it makes you think further about their mindset and how if they oppose homosexuality, how they may thinks about other issues…
This is also slightly poking fun at the whole “protecting the family/traditional values” things, which comes up when opposing homosexuality, gay marriage, adoption by same-sex couples, etc.
Any suggestions for a better title?
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again, some good points here. obviously you're right that not everyone is like that, that not every straight person is so narrow minded, or every homophobe concerned with perfection- but neither is every openly gay or bisexual person completely free or happy, as i'm sure you know. i do agree with most of what you said considering how i myself can relate.
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