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Tonight, as I'm sitting here, catching up on my world news, I came across the page Americans for Truth about Homosexuals. The obvious bigotry and hatred is just sickening. There are a number of different articles ranging from an interview with an "ex-gay" who talks about his experience and tells people that no one is born gay. Then there are articles talking about how homosexuals "target" Christians, and how the family that refused to let a gay couple have their civil ceremony at their bed and breakfast because they were gay were being persecuted, etc. Basically, they are trying to villify the homosexual population in order to promote their own beliefs. And they wonder why people label them as "hateful".
My question is, with all of the other issues in the world to worry about, why pick on the gays and lesbians? Why is this nation trying SO HARD to control what they can and cannot do? They're not hurting anyone, and if they had the same rights everyone else did, they wouldn't be affecting anyone's lives but their own. They are normal human beings who just happen to like people of the same gender. All they want is to have the same rights that the rest of the heterosexual nation has. They want to be free to love and be with, and BE MARRIED TO whoever THEY choose to, not the person that SOCIETY says they should be with.
I don't see anything wrong with that. Just because the religious population doesn't approve doesn't mean it's wrong, just like the fact that millions of people share the same ridiculous beliefs doesn't make them true. Once upon a time, millions of people believed in Ra, Zeus, sea monsters and the-earth-is-flat. Religion is truly the opiate of the masses, created by educated men to control the less educated. Nothing inspires fear as much as believing in eternal torture if you're not "good" and live by "the rules". If you notice, the rules set up in religions are impossible to follow 100% of the time. This is to ensure that people remain in a constantly fearful and penitant state. And don't even get me started on the religious leaders. He who talks to god, controls the masses. Just look at the Pope, or really any major religious figure. I mean people really BELIEVED Joseph Smith. No one stopped to say, "Hey, that doesn't sound quite right to me...let me figure this out before I just take your word for it? So you mean to tell me that this angel just happened to appear to you and only you when no one else was around and gave you these special books that were "accidentally" destroyed, but refuses to replicate those oh so very important words because now he's mad? Something just doesn't sound right about that..."
But I digress...
I could go on and on about the dangers and absurdity of religion, but I was talking about the hatred towards homosexuality. People have gotten it into their minds that gays and lesbians are somehow sexual deviants that can't control themselves or they are going to somehow "turn" straight people gay and that is all just stupidly ridiculous. I have known quite a few very lovely people who are gay, and they are just people trying to live their lives. Just as not every man or woman is attracted to every single woman or man that walks by, not every gay person is "after" every person of the same gender that walks by.
Seriously, come on people. We're all human. And if you're worried about the population, let me tell you...the population is fine. There are plenty of parentless babies out there that need good homes and plenty of sperm donors and egg donors. Not to mention, there are plenty of women who should never reproduce that keep popping them out like bunnies, then can't or won't take care of them.
So quit being so close-minded and just plain mean. You can't help who you fall in love with, and whether they are the same gender or the opposite gender, it shouldn't matter. Keep your bigotry to yourself and let people that are harming no one live their lives the way that THEY see fit.
My question is, with all of the other issues in the world to worry about, why pick on the gays and lesbians? Why is this nation trying SO HARD to control what they can and cannot do? They're not hurting anyone, and if they had the same rights everyone else did, they wouldn't be affecting anyone's lives but their own. They are normal human beings who just happen to like people of the same gender. All they want is to have the same rights that the rest of the heterosexual nation has. They want to be free to love and be with, and BE MARRIED TO whoever THEY choose to, not the person that SOCIETY says they should be with.
I don't see anything wrong with that. Just because the religious population doesn't approve doesn't mean it's wrong, just like the fact that millions of people share the same ridiculous beliefs doesn't make them true. Once upon a time, millions of people believed in Ra, Zeus, sea monsters and the-earth-is-flat. Religion is truly the opiate of the masses, created by educated men to control the less educated. Nothing inspires fear as much as believing in eternal torture if you're not "good" and live by "the rules". If you notice, the rules set up in religions are impossible to follow 100% of the time. This is to ensure that people remain in a constantly fearful and penitant state. And don't even get me started on the religious leaders. He who talks to god, controls the masses. Just look at the Pope, or really any major religious figure. I mean people really BELIEVED Joseph Smith. No one stopped to say, "Hey, that doesn't sound quite right to me...let me figure this out before I just take your word for it? So you mean to tell me that this angel just happened to appear to you and only you when no one else was around and gave you these special books that were "accidentally" destroyed, but refuses to replicate those oh so very important words because now he's mad? Something just doesn't sound right about that..."
But I digress...
I could go on and on about the dangers and absurdity of religion, but I was talking about the hatred towards homosexuality. People have gotten it into their minds that gays and lesbians are somehow sexual deviants that can't control themselves or they are going to somehow "turn" straight people gay and that is all just stupidly ridiculous. I have known quite a few very lovely people who are gay, and they are just people trying to live their lives. Just as not every man or woman is attracted to every single woman or man that walks by, not every gay person is "after" every person of the same gender that walks by.
Seriously, come on people. We're all human. And if you're worried about the population, let me tell you...the population is fine. There are plenty of parentless babies out there that need good homes and plenty of sperm donors and egg donors. Not to mention, there are plenty of women who should never reproduce that keep popping them out like bunnies, then can't or won't take care of them.
So quit being so close-minded and just plain mean. You can't help who you fall in love with, and whether they are the same gender or the opposite gender, it shouldn't matter. Keep your bigotry to yourself and let people that are harming no one live their lives the way that THEY see fit.
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