You're gay.

Ahhh, gay marriage.
One of the most controversial subjects in our current society.
You either have strong feelings about it (pro or against), or you don't care.

Of course, I am pro-gay marriage.
And like any other person who has an opinion on the subject, I have my reasons.

I was raised to have an open mind. And homosexuality really wasn't brought up until junior high.
So, unlike most Christian kids, I wasn't taught that homosexuality is a "sin" and should be frowned upon.

The older I got, the more gay people I got to know.
To this day, some of my closest friends are bisexual or gay.
And in my eyes, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
It doesn't make them a freak, or socially awkward, or different (in a bad way). It makes them who they are.

And honestly? The religion aspect of it doesn't make sense to me.
I was raised Lutheran, and I was taught that God was loving and wanted us to love one another.
If love is so wonderful, then what's wrong with loving the same gender?
Marriage shouldn't be just between a man and a woman.. Marriage should be between people who love each other, not because of their genders.


I guess the thought I'm trying to get to is this:
It is nobody's business who wants to marry who except the two people looking to wed.
My thoughts are: if you don't like it, don't do it.
Don't like gay marriage? Don't marry someone of the same gender.

It is almost 2011, and we have a black man for president.. And yet, we still have restrictions on who people can marry.. all because of religious views?
Wasn't America founded on religous freedom?

I just can't wrap my head around the intolerance.


Say what you will, but this is my opinion, and I will fight for it.

"American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality." - Bryant H. McGill