June 26, 2015 was a huge day in history...and the day I realized just how much people truly hated homosexuals and homosexuality. On this day, many people became "religious," quoting Bible scriptures that I'm sure they found via Google...
I am not a homosexual. I think the female body is a thing of beauty but I'm not sexually attracted to it. I am a Christian. I don't attend church the way I used to but I do believe in God, Jesus, and I do my best to exercise faith. I am a Black woman. I come from a race that has been oppressed for centuries...and as early as about 50 years ago. My mother is older than 50 (but looks my age!), which means she was born in an era where Blacks weren't considered equal. My point? I SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGES.
I have a hard time understanding those that are against homosexuals having the same rights as heterosexuals. While I try my best to understand their point of view and accept differences of opinion, I can't bring myself to believe that so many people have a problem with certain human beings having the same rights as themselves. ESPECIALLY if those people are part of the minority.
As a Black woman, there are moments when I felt like I didn't "belong." When I first started college, I gravitated to what I knew: other Black females. I hung out with them for a week. Went to lunch with them. But I didn't "fit." The conversations were not of interest to me and really, we had nothing in common except the color of our skin. I then met a young woman, who was White, and we instantly clicked and are still friends to this day. Once I started hanging out with her, I met other White females that I either shared similar interests with or they were just cool to hang around. Those same Black girls made fun of me, stating that I wanted to be "White" and looked down their noses at me like I was filled with self-hate and it smelled like skunk shit.
I once lived with a friend's family after I graduated college. They were a fine family. Close-knit and kind. I was so appreciative of the opportunity they provided for me by allowing me to live with them. They were White. I come from a different background than my friend and there were times when the family would go out and I felt my Black skin made me stand out. I felt people were staring at me like I was the family pet. My friend's family, especially her mother, never made me feel like I didn't belong. It was some insecurity with being the only Black face in a sea of White.
With all that being said, how could I possibly say that homosexuals don't deserve the same rights as people like myself? With my experiences, how could I possibly say that they "don't belong?" With minorities, how could they, a people that come from oppression, possibly have the audacity to say that homosexuals aren't equal and shouldn't be free to marry who they choose?
Aaaahhh...because the BIBLE speaks against it! The problem isn't with the Bible...the problem is the people spitting out scriptures and verses to justify their hatred and ignorance. You know...the same way slavemasters did towards slaves...the way racist Governor George Wallace did in his 1963 Inaugural Address...the way US Senator Theodore Bilbo (and other members of the Ku Klux Klan) did...so on and so forth. People tend to hide behind the Bible and pick and choose a verse here and a verse there to okay their lifestyle.
The thing is, if you want to get "religious," we ALL were born into sin and NONE of us are perfect. I see married men who cheat on their wives condemning homosexual marriage. I see women on their 3rd, 4th, or 5th husbands condemning homosexual marriage. I see sidepieces, people in interracial relationships, parents with children out of wedlock, people with criminal history, etc. etc. condemning homosexual marriage. These people quote Leviticus but in the same breath state that the New Testament is what we as Christians should follow. We are in no position to judge, yet we (and I use "we" in a generalized way) are harshly judging HUMAN BEINGS for their "lifestyle." I don't see homosexual people judging heterosexual people and their 50% divorce rate.
You don't have to agree with homosexuality. You don't have to understand it. But when I hear people saying that they can "live amongst us" but they can't "have our same rights" and "If my son/daughter came home, I would practically disown them because homosexuality is a sin," my brain can't help but be crushed by the amount of ignorance and stupidity some people possess. These same people live in sin daily but homosexuality is THE sin that can't be tolerated by any means. *Rolls eyes*
My best friend is gay and got married on June 30 to a man who he says treats him the way he deserves and he is happy. Guess what? I'm happy for him. Should he not have the love from another simply because he loves men? There are heterosexual people (single AND taken) that would LOVE the relationship that my best friend has with his husband.
As awesome, smart, good-hearted, sweet, sarcastic, kind, thoughtful, empathetic, and sympathetic as I am towards others, would you disown me if I did say I was gay? Would I be less of a mother because of it? Would I be less of a person because of it? Would I be allowed to go to your church with my lover and pray to and praise God like you?
And Christians wonder why people choose to steer clear of the church.
My Poem of Support
I have a hard time understanding those that are against homosexuals having the same rights as heterosexuals. While I try my best to understand their point of view and accept differences of opinion, I can't bring myself to believe that so many people have a problem with certain human beings having the same rights as themselves. ESPECIALLY if those people are part of the minority.
As a Black woman, there are moments when I felt like I didn't "belong." When I first started college, I gravitated to what I knew: other Black females. I hung out with them for a week. Went to lunch with them. But I didn't "fit." The conversations were not of interest to me and really, we had nothing in common except the color of our skin. I then met a young woman, who was White, and we instantly clicked and are still friends to this day. Once I started hanging out with her, I met other White females that I either shared similar interests with or they were just cool to hang around. Those same Black girls made fun of me, stating that I wanted to be "White" and looked down their noses at me like I was filled with self-hate and it smelled like skunk shit.
I once lived with a friend's family after I graduated college. They were a fine family. Close-knit and kind. I was so appreciative of the opportunity they provided for me by allowing me to live with them. They were White. I come from a different background than my friend and there were times when the family would go out and I felt my Black skin made me stand out. I felt people were staring at me like I was the family pet. My friend's family, especially her mother, never made me feel like I didn't belong. It was some insecurity with being the only Black face in a sea of White.
With all that being said, how could I possibly say that homosexuals don't deserve the same rights as people like myself? With my experiences, how could I possibly say that they "don't belong?" With minorities, how could they, a people that come from oppression, possibly have the audacity to say that homosexuals aren't equal and shouldn't be free to marry who they choose?
Aaaahhh...because the BIBLE speaks against it! The problem isn't with the Bible...the problem is the people spitting out scriptures and verses to justify their hatred and ignorance. You know...the same way slavemasters did towards slaves...the way racist Governor George Wallace did in his 1963 Inaugural Address...the way US Senator Theodore Bilbo (and other members of the Ku Klux Klan) did...so on and so forth. People tend to hide behind the Bible and pick and choose a verse here and a verse there to okay their lifestyle.
The thing is, if you want to get "religious," we ALL were born into sin and NONE of us are perfect. I see married men who cheat on their wives condemning homosexual marriage. I see women on their 3rd, 4th, or 5th husbands condemning homosexual marriage. I see sidepieces, people in interracial relationships, parents with children out of wedlock, people with criminal history, etc. etc. condemning homosexual marriage. These people quote Leviticus but in the same breath state that the New Testament is what we as Christians should follow. We are in no position to judge, yet we (and I use "we" in a generalized way) are harshly judging HUMAN BEINGS for their "lifestyle." I don't see homosexual people judging heterosexual people and their 50% divorce rate.
My best friend is gay and got married on June 30 to a man who he says treats him the way he deserves and he is happy. Guess what? I'm happy for him. Should he not have the love from another simply because he loves men? There are heterosexual people (single AND taken) that would LOVE the relationship that my best friend has with his husband.
As awesome, smart, good-hearted, sweet, sarcastic, kind, thoughtful, empathetic, and sympathetic as I am towards others, would you disown me if I did say I was gay? Would I be less of a mother because of it? Would I be less of a person because of it? Would I be allowed to go to your church with my lover and pray to and praise God like you?
And Christians wonder why people choose to steer clear of the church.
My Poem of Support
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