I Refuse To Live As A Hater

 Today, I witnessed something truly amazing.

Walking down the street, in no special place or part of town, I saw to guys holding hands.

It was one of the bravest gestures I've seen in a long time.

From across the street, there was a young couple, about college level, doing the same thing. Walking and holding hands. The male half (of course) of the young couple suddenly find the need to shout something entirely uncalled for, and totally inappropriate.

"Hey you fags, why don't you go get a room so we don't have to see you sin!"

And with that, his girlfriend (I'm assuming, I didn't actually talk to them) whirls around, and promptly smacks him right across the face with such force I wasn't aware a little size 2 blonde could muster. She then turns and walk to the two guys holding hands and starts talking to them very animatedly, most likely apologizing for her ape of a now ex-boyfriend.

It was one of those moments when you suddenly regain some of that hope you had lost for mankind. I smiled a bigger smile than I had in a long time. For once, someone other than myself was taking a stand.

Now, if you know me and have actually taken the time to sit down and talk with me (not at me, mind you), then you should know my personal views are very open. I'm a no-judgement zone here. So, yes I'm very pro-gay rights. No, I myself am not a lesbian.

Just because I don't condemn people to hell for what they believe and what they do, doesn't mean I'm a devil worshiping pagan, either. I just don't think that its something they have any control over. If God wanted them to be straight, I think He would have made them straight. I don't believe its a choice. It's who they are, and you cant change your genetic make-up.

In the past, I have had very long drawn out discussions about my beliefs. I've had bible verse after bible verse thrown at me, all about how homosexuality is a sin. And I get that you were brought up to believe that its the biggest sin you could ever commit, and you would be going straight to hell if you even condoned it. But since most of these people who are such homophobes are taught their entire lives to BE homophobes, I don't think they ever really look into the topic much. If they did, they would see that most of the verses they're throwing around to uphold their beliefs are taken entirely out of context. I wont get into them, because if I did, this post would be longer than any other, but I will post a link to an enlightening site I found recently dealing with homosexuality and life in the church. Its written by a pastor who, is indeed, openly gay. You can find it here.

The thing that really gets me sometimes is this: Just because you're against homosexuality, doesn't mean you have to constantly talk about it. I mean really, the fact that you CONSTANTLY call people fags, or call their actions "gay", just makes you look like the worlds biggest douche. So please, please stop saying "It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve", because being a hater doesn't make you straighter.

The people that you call "fags" every time you get the chance have feelings. They know that the majority of the human race are too set in their ways and unwilling to change in order to accept them for who they are, but you know what? They do not care. They still have to guts to go out and face you people who make it your life goal to ridicule them for who they were born as.

And as much as you like to think so, not everyone hates on them like you do. Some of us are open-minded and accepting of people who arent like us. We don't feel the need to hear the sound of our own voices day in and day out, saying crap about those who are different. Prosecuting them, abusing them mentally, emotionally, and sometimes even physically for who they are.

I bet you kick puppies too, don't you?

So do the world a favor, and keep your opinions to yourself. You don't see me standing on a soapbox, proclaiming my views on a daily basis, do you? No. I keep them to myself until I feel a need to stand up for myself, and my views.

I just wish you could extend the same courtesy.