Let me start this article with the
disclaimer that I have not checked the veracity of some of the claims
made in this report. I haven't done any research into whether or not
he/she said what the article claims they did. Just the fact that the
report comes from The Advocate makes me doubt it's complete veracity
in the same way I would expect bias from Faux News. However since
this blog isn't about the above piece, it really doesn't matter.
Reading the quotes and claims in the article simply inspired what I
am about to say about people who oppose Same Sex Marriages. Get over
it.
Recent polls show that the people who
oppose same sex marriages are in the minority (Not much of one in
some polls, but a minority nonetheless.) With each passing year,
more and more people accept that every person, regardless of race,
creed or sexual orientation, should have the exact same right to end
their personal freedoms and get married. Several states have passed
laws recognizing same sex marriages as legal and others have passed
“Marriage in all but name” laws. Even more states are
considering passing such laws.
Several very strong attacks on the
so-called Defense Of Marriage act passed enacted September 21 have
failed, but the very fact that the attacks happened proves that
support is growing for Same Sex Unions. Listening to the Reboobicans
rail on and on about this subject is like listening to the same
people rant against CFLs and LED Bulbs because they grew up reading
and working under incandescent bulbs. Their rants and tirades
against Same Sex Marriages are like watching someone standing in the
ocean yelling at the tide not to come in.
Now I personally could care less about
people getting married. I think that any two people love each other
and want to express that love through the legal union of Marriage,
then they should be allowed to. I also could care less that there
are gays and lesbians serving in my armed forces openly. News break
to most people, they have been doing it since military began.
Letting them openly serve, bring their sweethearts to balls and
events isn't going to change anything.
(As an aside here, I do find it
absolutely hilarious that all of the dire predictions by Reboobicans
and Tea Beggars that there would be chaos, violence and severe
disruptions in our military forces when DADT was repealed never
happened. The whole thing has been a non-issue with the actual Armed
Forces from day one of the repeal. Now I will give a rare tip of the
hat to both the government and military leaders for making sure that
everyone was prepared for the transition. The delay in repeal and
the hard work they did probably did a lot to ease what little
tensions there might have been.)
People that know me and I mean really
know me, know how I feel about GLBT (Did I leave anybody out, always
lose track of the letters.) I have known pretty much all of them at
one time or another and could care less what their sexual orientation
is. Its as much a non-issue as their race, religion or moral creed.
They are no different than you are me. We are all Americans and
every American should have the same rights. To single out a group of
people and say “Sorry, you have the same rights as we have” is
just as much discrimination as, back in the day, saying “Sorry but
you have to ride in the back of the bus.” Going even further back,
it is the same as saying, “Sorry you can't vote, stay home and make
babies.” Discrimination is discrimination no matter who it is
directed against.
So like I said in the beginning, Get
over it. You are free to believe that Gays and Lesbians are going
straight to Hell when they die. You are free to believe that
Transgenders are the very spawn of Lucifer himself. You have the
right to feel and believe the way you want to, but you cannot stop
this wave.
The tide is turning against
discrimination and it should. People who rail against Same Sex
Marriage, DADT etc should stop and ponder this question. Suppose you
succeed? Suppose, against all pressure you succeed and deny fellow
Americans their rights under the law simply because you don't like
the way they live or the thing they believe? What happens when it's
you? What happens when suddenly other Americans don't like the way
you live or the things you believe? The precedent will have been set
and you might very well find yourself denied your rights. Just
something to ponder when you have the time. Justice for all or
Justice for none.
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