I. Loathe. Brussels sprouts…
And I’m not the only one. I find them to be an abomination to my taste buds and a horrible affront to the other tastier vegetables. But do I believe that farmers shouldn’t have the right to GROW brussels sprouts? Ummmmmm… fuck no. There are those out there who adore the little, round cuties and shove them down their beautiful gullets with willful abandon. And they have every right to. Who cares whether li’l ol’ Diva Bleu in Philly eats a brussels sprout, as long as people who adore them can have their fill?
What, pray tell, does this have to do with the issue of gay marriage? Absolutely Ev. er. eeee. thang. This is precisely the ignorant, backwards “logic” that people are applying to the issue of whether or not gay people should be “allowed” to marry. Because YOU PERSONALLY AN INDIVIDUAL {just covering the bases… ;o) } dislike the thought of someone being gay, and you know, doing big gay things, you would deny a person basic HUMAN rights? How? Why???
Oh, we’re blaming it on the Bible now? Oh. Well, that makes even LESS sense!!!
Today, the great (and CLEARLY bassackwards) state of North Carolina has, ahem, “struck down” gay marriage… whatever the hell that means. No. Wait. We KNOW what that means; the majority of the voting public living in good ol’ NC are pretty much homophobes. But again, W.H.Y.??? Were they all mass-raped by raging homos on Gay Pride day with large and wonderous sex toys, condemning them to develop an unhealthy dislike, nay, HATRED for gay people in general? I know… I know.
That just CAN’T be it… but I can’t see anything short of that happening for people to get so up in arms about two people just wanting to get married…
But the pièce de résistance of this whole glorious clusterfuck? POTUS President Barack Hussein Obama (did you like how I addressed him by his full, and entirely awesome FULL name and title? I did… *shrug*) said today that he in fact SUPPORTS gay marriage!!!
*gasp*
Are ya’ “shocked & awed” yet?
Well you SHOULDN’T be!!! The problem with being upset about it is this: most people who are upset about it are… *drumroll please* in the RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. How sad.
The main group of people charged with helping to promote kindness, love, unity, charity and BROTHERHOOD/SISTERHOOD in our country is hell-bent on draining these members of society of their equality, respect and dignity. Isn’t it ironic? *in my Alanis Morrisette voice*
How is it “justified” by clergy, this disingenuous treatment of human beings in the year of our Lord 2012 A.D.??? By being so arrogant as to believe that the outdated scripture of the Old Testament that refers to gay people having sex applies to the world in a true and significant way, we have literally launched a WAR on our own citizens… even the church has signified the change in doctrine with the distinguishing of the violent, unyielding God of the Old Testament from the kinder, gentler deity of the New Testament. Furthermore, Jesus Christ (for whom the Christian faith is named and supposed to model) never condemned gay people not once by his own word in the bible. Read it. It’s in there… or rather, it isn’t.
And just so you know, the scriptures most often quoted don’t quite match up with the logic… which we have already established ISN’T LOGICAL. What one person wants to do, in this case LOVE, doesn’t affect you in the slightest bit… except maybe to enrich the lives of others, as LOVE is supposed to do… not inspire mortal fear… unless you are of course a closeted gay with self-hating, violent tendencies who chooses to lash out at others rather than accept themselves as they are… oh. but wait. Diva is analyzing you an individual when this isn’t about you an individual. *shrug*
I know, my flippancy bites, but in actuality that exists and is VERY REAL. It is still being studied as one of many reasons people rise up so passionately against gay people. That’s another blog entirely, though… *wipes forehead and takes an Excedrin*
My point is this: Please people… THINK for YOURSELVES!!! This is simply an issue of oppressing people. At one time, Black people couldn’t marry. It was called SLAVERY. SMH.
Understand, America isn’t big on allowing you to retain your rights… the Patriot Act is the shining example. But that comes from giving up our civil liberties by allowing the liberties of others to be taken away and battered to pieces.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
i wonder if he liked to eat brussels sprouts…