Public Post: Homosexuality is WRONG!
Angel's mother found out a few days ago about Angel and I. That in and of itself isn't even the beauty of the situation, OH NO.
It gets much better.
Let me elaborate.
Thursday night, Angel and I were having a blast at Jacque's wedding rehearsal dinner. Close to the end of the night, Angel gets a phone call from her mother, which she takes because it might be important. Pretty much the whole conversation was a shouting match in Spanish, but I was able to figure out the course of the 'discussion' easily enough.
It began with her mom telling her that she needed to move back to Fort Worth to help her out financially. Of course, Angel says no because we've already got a lease and she really dislikes Fort forth. This leads to her mother asking what exactly is tying her to Dallas, and demands if it's because she's in a lesbian relationship with one of us, Brandee or myself.
At first, Angel says no to try and quell the situation, because it was not the circumstances she wanted for telling her mother. (We all knew it would be a huge religious fit when it happened.) angel's mother then proceeds to ask if Angel could tell her that straight to her face the next time she sees her. And when Angel says yes, her mother begins to tell her "Because it's wrong", apparently repeatedly.
Finally Angel has enough and flat out tells her. Yes, she's in a relationship with me.
Then the REAL fun began!
It's wrong, you shouldn't do that, you stop it now, I'll never approve, break up with her immediately, Bible-thumping, etc.
Angel finally hangs up on her and she hasn't called back since. Jacque is truly a jewel and helped calm us down at her own party and was there for us when we were supposed to be there for her.
Well, as it turns out, Angel's older sister Liz, who found out about us a few weeks ago, went over our heads and told their mother without our consent. She invaded OUR business and OUR privacy, and betrayed Angel's trust.
I'm not about to let these two women split us up. If Angel and I ever break up, it will be by our OWN decision, not through the persuasion of outside influence. No one else will ever sway me but her. I will stand firm.
It's zealots like these that make me embarrassed to admit that I was raised Christian. I was always ALWAYS taught that you were supposed to tolerate, love, understand, and respect people from all walks of life. To me, these things are the backbone of Christ's teachings. (As always, the Bible is to be freely interpreted by anyone, and this was mine.)
Why is it that the Christians who have risen to the top to represent the rest of us are the bad ones? The ones who condemn and Bible Beat without a second thought to logic or the whole of the teachings? People think of Catholics and only think of the parish priests who molest young boys. Southern Baptists? Bible-beating fire and brimstone zealots without a lick of common sense. These minorities in Christian sects are NOT representative of the whole in reality, but to the mentality of society, it's all people see.
It's like homosexuality. So many people think that all gay men are flamboyant cross-dressing men who only want nothing but sex. Lesbians? We're all man-hating bull dykes, apparently. But this is far, FAR from the case. We're people, just like the rest of you, subject to the stereotypes of society.
I never asked for religious acceptance. I know that somewhere, should we want to get married in the future, there will always be a place where we are accepted. All I ask for is the acceptance from my friends and family.
I would love to be able to get along with Angel's family and be welcome by them. Nothing would please me more than to have their blessing. HOWEVER.
I do not NEED their blessing, and I firmly believe that, if God exists and he is all-powerful and infallible, then there can be no mistake in the way he creates things. So to say that what I'm doing is wrong and how I feel is wrong, are you trying to say that the way I was born was wrong? That the All-Mighty made a mistake?
It's 2008, people. Acceptance. The Bible is not something static that can remain the same, unchanged and uninterpreted for 2,000 years. Like all laws, sometimes, it must be reevaluated and adapted to the world around us, as religion has constantly done for centuries.
We're here, and we're here to stay.
It's time you guys got used to it.
Yes, I hope you see it.
It gets much better.
Let me elaborate.
Thursday night, Angel and I were having a blast at Jacque's wedding rehearsal dinner. Close to the end of the night, Angel gets a phone call from her mother, which she takes because it might be important. Pretty much the whole conversation was a shouting match in Spanish, but I was able to figure out the course of the 'discussion' easily enough.
It began with her mom telling her that she needed to move back to Fort Worth to help her out financially. Of course, Angel says no because we've already got a lease and she really dislikes Fort forth. This leads to her mother asking what exactly is tying her to Dallas, and demands if it's because she's in a lesbian relationship with one of us, Brandee or myself.
At first, Angel says no to try and quell the situation, because it was not the circumstances she wanted for telling her mother. (We all knew it would be a huge religious fit when it happened.) angel's mother then proceeds to ask if Angel could tell her that straight to her face the next time she sees her. And when Angel says yes, her mother begins to tell her "Because it's wrong", apparently repeatedly.
Finally Angel has enough and flat out tells her. Yes, she's in a relationship with me.
Then the REAL fun began!
It's wrong, you shouldn't do that, you stop it now, I'll never approve, break up with her immediately, Bible-thumping, etc.
Angel finally hangs up on her and she hasn't called back since. Jacque is truly a jewel and helped calm us down at her own party and was there for us when we were supposed to be there for her.
Well, as it turns out, Angel's older sister Liz, who found out about us a few weeks ago, went over our heads and told their mother without our consent. She invaded OUR business and OUR privacy, and betrayed Angel's trust.
I'm not about to let these two women split us up. If Angel and I ever break up, it will be by our OWN decision, not through the persuasion of outside influence. No one else will ever sway me but her. I will stand firm.
It's zealots like these that make me embarrassed to admit that I was raised Christian. I was always ALWAYS taught that you were supposed to tolerate, love, understand, and respect people from all walks of life. To me, these things are the backbone of Christ's teachings. (As always, the Bible is to be freely interpreted by anyone, and this was mine.)
Why is it that the Christians who have risen to the top to represent the rest of us are the bad ones? The ones who condemn and Bible Beat without a second thought to logic or the whole of the teachings? People think of Catholics and only think of the parish priests who molest young boys. Southern Baptists? Bible-beating fire and brimstone zealots without a lick of common sense. These minorities in Christian sects are NOT representative of the whole in reality, but to the mentality of society, it's all people see.
It's like homosexuality. So many people think that all gay men are flamboyant cross-dressing men who only want nothing but sex. Lesbians? We're all man-hating bull dykes, apparently. But this is far, FAR from the case. We're people, just like the rest of you, subject to the stereotypes of society.
I never asked for religious acceptance. I know that somewhere, should we want to get married in the future, there will always be a place where we are accepted. All I ask for is the acceptance from my friends and family.
I would love to be able to get along with Angel's family and be welcome by them. Nothing would please me more than to have their blessing. HOWEVER.
I do not NEED their blessing, and I firmly believe that, if God exists and he is all-powerful and infallible, then there can be no mistake in the way he creates things. So to say that what I'm doing is wrong and how I feel is wrong, are you trying to say that the way I was born was wrong? That the All-Mighty made a mistake?
It's 2008, people. Acceptance. The Bible is not something static that can remain the same, unchanged and uninterpreted for 2,000 years. Like all laws, sometimes, it must be reevaluated and adapted to the world around us, as religion has constantly done for centuries.
We're here, and we're here to stay.
It's time you guys got used to it.
Yes, I hope you see it.