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I had a long religious debate with my friend Abby in choir class today. I was talking about my deepseated hatred for Bush and she wanted to know why, and I got on the subject of how I feel he's just a bullshitter because he got votes mostly because he appealed to all the diehard religious fanatics out there, and how I didn't understand how someone could say that preventing the gays from having equal rights was the kind of love spoken about in the Bible. I was talking about how I don't believe that the diehard Christians who believe that gay marriage is a sin and a horrible thing and should never go through are actually following the word of the Bible at all, as the Bible speaks of loving your neighbors and your enemies, and where is the love in preventing people in love from having equal rights just because they happen to be of the same sex? I have to say, Abby is very good at making valid points, but in the end I think she might have understood the point I was tryng to make. See, I don't think that people all have to approve of two people of the same sex being together, but I DO believe that two people of the same sex who happened to have fallen in love should be allowed to have the same rights as a man and woman who have fallen in love. What is the difference when it comes to love? Who's to say that love has any such boundries as that of sex? Why not go on to say that it should be illegal for a 60 year old man to marry a 20 year old woman, or let's bring back the Jim Crow laws - it's all discrimination, and I know that God is not one to discriminate because of age, color, race, OR sexual preference. What kind of all loving Father would God be if he were against people who just happened to find love in a person of the same sex? Why should someone have right taken away because of something he cannot control? Love cannot be controlled, love happens when it happens, and NO ONE can change that.
I have to say that the best thing about the debate that I had with Abby is that we still are friends even though we have different thoughts on things. I think this is a wonderful thing, because it shows me that I can't be a bad person for standing up for what I believe in and speaking my mind. I used to be afraid of my sexual preferences, but I have gotten over that, because I have felt God's love and I know He isn't against me. And if God doesn't have a problem with me being bisexual, then what right does anyone else have? I am proud of who I am and I'm not afraid to say it. I loved a girl once with all of my heart, and how can something like love ever be a bad thing? Why should anyone be condemned to hell for loving? We NEED more love in this world. Have you looked around yourselves lately? All we have are wars and fights and discrimination, and I believe that if two people, even if they happen to be of the same sex, can love each other regardless of the fact that the world is against them, that that cannot be anything but right in this world. THAT is courage, THAT is dedication, and THAT is true love. If two people can stand up and proclaim their love for each other even when the majority of the world is against them, then why should anyone tell them it's wrong? Gay couples probably would fair better that staight couples if they were allowed to be married - the divorce rate is climbing every year, what kind of example is THAT to throw at the world?
Okay, now that I'm done with my miniature rant for the day, I feel better. And you know what? If people disagree with me, they can disagree with me. But keep this in mind - why should we spread hate in the world when we could be spreading love?
I have to say that the best thing about the debate that I had with Abby is that we still are friends even though we have different thoughts on things. I think this is a wonderful thing, because it shows me that I can't be a bad person for standing up for what I believe in and speaking my mind. I used to be afraid of my sexual preferences, but I have gotten over that, because I have felt God's love and I know He isn't against me. And if God doesn't have a problem with me being bisexual, then what right does anyone else have? I am proud of who I am and I'm not afraid to say it. I loved a girl once with all of my heart, and how can something like love ever be a bad thing? Why should anyone be condemned to hell for loving? We NEED more love in this world. Have you looked around yourselves lately? All we have are wars and fights and discrimination, and I believe that if two people, even if they happen to be of the same sex, can love each other regardless of the fact that the world is against them, that that cannot be anything but right in this world. THAT is courage, THAT is dedication, and THAT is true love. If two people can stand up and proclaim their love for each other even when the majority of the world is against them, then why should anyone tell them it's wrong? Gay couples probably would fair better that staight couples if they were allowed to be married - the divorce rate is climbing every year, what kind of example is THAT to throw at the world?
Okay, now that I'm done with my miniature rant for the day, I feel better. And you know what? If people disagree with me, they can disagree with me. But keep this in mind - why should we spread hate in the world when we could be spreading love?