Love is Love
Here are some photos from the Protest Prop 8 March in downtown Los Angeles, CA.
(Click to see entire set.)I had a very short conversation with a coworker regarding this issue. Apparently he didn’t even understand what Prop 8 is. WTF? After explaining it, he informed me how he believes marriage is between a man and a woman. Fair enough, but what’s the reasoning? The same ol’ slippery slope that next they’ll want to marry their dogs. Then, I had to get out of the elevator; I was at my floor. Being that I have always thought he was a relatively cool guy, I don’t want to take it any further.
So I’ll just vent here. Who the fuck is they? The gay men and women want to marry other humans. Is that likening homosexuality to bestiality? ‘Cause its sickening to think so. BTW, children and dogs are not even legally allowed to enter contracts, which is what marriage is.
Perhaps I’m lucky to be a woman and be married to a awesome man. (The awesomist!) Yet I do consider myself bisexual and I like to use percentages rather than terms: I’m around 80% hetero, 20% homo. In any case, I have surely been attracted to members of the same sex and know how it feels. And its not in that hot college drunk girl kind of way. That’s hot ‘n all, but that’s about either mere attraction or the attention they get from frat guys. Either way, I’m a sorority-free kinda lady. (I always said I don’t believe in buying friends, but that was just a jab to get at some of the stuck up girls.)
I know how it feels. The few times I actually had a crush on a member of the same gender, I felt wrong in a manner of speaking. I would be happy one moment and then suddenly wish I could just like a guy. Awkward and a little uncomfortable within my own flesh. I was ashamed to let everyone know; I was picky on who I told (more so than being an atheist – or at that time – irreligious).
To be fair, I was also aware that I could be thought of as some floozy trying to get attention. So I attended LGBT meetings with gay, bi, and straight (ok, 1) friends. (No trans at the time.) But outside of the comfort zone, I was very reserved. Eventually, I blurted out how I felt to which she said “I’m straight”. I was relieved that I could finally get over her and focus on someone else, most likely a man. It’s sad to think that’s how I felt (even in Miami).
But if that’s how an open-minded person from an only-slightly-homophobic family feels, I can’t even begin to imagine anything more severe. In addition, I also couldn’t begin to imagine that feeling throughout everything one does.
No one chooses to be interested in the same sex. It just happens.
This as a civil rights issue. Liberty, justice, and equality needs to be for all.
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