i haven't published anything in awhile and i apologize. i really just didn't feel like i had anything to say. however, i now realize that my original objective is as relevant as... ev-ah.
see, i wasn't going to comment on this whole "Chik-fil-hate" brouhaha. in the beginning i just didn't understand the uproar. the fact that the president of a fast-food franchise which keeps its stores closed on Sundays pours money into "Christian" PACs should be as shocking as the news that Clay Aiken is gay. (really America. really??) it should have been greeted with a loud, resounding "DUH". beyond that i was a little overwhelmed at the level of outrage. with everybody having something to say, i felt like i had nothing new to offer. (other than "i know right??" which i said often.)
however. the subject came up with Mother the other day. as i learned more about the activities in question i had become both disgusted and discouraged. she said to me, "i don't know all those people, but the ones i have know are just ignorant. that's what you're dealing with: ignorance." believe it or not, i had actually bought into the notion of an enlightened modern society, an Age of Ellen where stereotypes and prejudices had been cured by the syndication of Will & Grace.
no matter how i try (and i really have tried) i cannot understand the stance against gay marriage. how does the concept of two people, regardless of gender, entering into a lifetime of commitment and monogamy diminish ... well, anything? if a million gay couples married tomorrow, how does even one heterosexual marriage or religious institution or closely held personal belief suffer?
i gotta say -- photos of people lining up for hours to buy a chicken sandwich in a show of anti-gay support disheartened me tremendously. then Mother pointed out to me what i had worked so hard to deny, "all those people think gays are perverts, that you all lead sick, perverted lives. they don't know you." and i knew she was right.
that's why i started writing a blog in the first place -- to reveal how we, a gay couple, live. prejudice thrives on ignorance and (i like to think) that those people eating at Chik-fil-A in support of their anti-gay agenda might "know" someone gay but they don't really know someone gay. so they can all get to know me. really, i'd like to invite all of them to get to know me.
also, i'd like to say that i consider myself a Christian in the truest sense. i believe in the Lord God Almighty, my savior Jesus Christ, and that ... until the Second Coming of Christ ... there is no one on earth who knows the will of the Lord any better than you or i.
see, i wasn't going to comment on this whole "Chik-fil-hate" brouhaha. in the beginning i just didn't understand the uproar. the fact that the president of a fast-food franchise which keeps its stores closed on Sundays pours money into "Christian" PACs should be as shocking as the news that Clay Aiken is gay. (really America. really??) it should have been greeted with a loud, resounding "DUH". beyond that i was a little overwhelmed at the level of outrage. with everybody having something to say, i felt like i had nothing new to offer. (other than "i know right??" which i said often.)
however. the subject came up with Mother the other day. as i learned more about the activities in question i had become both disgusted and discouraged. she said to me, "i don't know all those people, but the ones i have know are just ignorant. that's what you're dealing with: ignorance." believe it or not, i had actually bought into the notion of an enlightened modern society, an Age of Ellen where stereotypes and prejudices had been cured by the syndication of Will & Grace.
no matter how i try (and i really have tried) i cannot understand the stance against gay marriage. how does the concept of two people, regardless of gender, entering into a lifetime of commitment and monogamy diminish ... well, anything? if a million gay couples married tomorrow, how does even one heterosexual marriage or religious institution or closely held personal belief suffer?
i gotta say -- photos of people lining up for hours to buy a chicken sandwich in a show of anti-gay support disheartened me tremendously. then Mother pointed out to me what i had worked so hard to deny, "all those people think gays are perverts, that you all lead sick, perverted lives. they don't know you." and i knew she was right.
that's why i started writing a blog in the first place -- to reveal how we, a gay couple, live. prejudice thrives on ignorance and (i like to think) that those people eating at Chik-fil-A in support of their anti-gay agenda might "know" someone gay but they don't really know someone gay. so they can all get to know me. really, i'd like to invite all of them to get to know me.
also, i'd like to say that i consider myself a Christian in the truest sense. i believe in the Lord God Almighty, my savior Jesus Christ, and that ... until the Second Coming of Christ ... there is no one on earth who knows the will of the Lord any better than you or i.
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