Another post-Prop 8 thought
To put it simply, I am ineffably tired of the argument between the Homophobes and Christers* on one side and same-sex people on the other side.
(I am a heterosexual Old Fart, but whenever there's ANY sort of contest between "This is what I have to do" and "This is what YOU have to do" I will almost always come down on the side of the person discussing his or her OWN life).**
And the most tiresome and boring part of this argument is the part in which the homophobes are yelling: "It's a life-style CHOICE!" and the homophiles are yelling back "It's genetic -- it's NOT a CHOICE."***
That's not the issue, it's a distraction -- the REAL issue is freedom.
Whether it's nature or nurture, inherent in the person from birth or adopted by a person for any one of an infinite number of reasons or no reason at all, there's something I have not heard ANYONE say out loud, not even the people who call themselves Libertarians so I say it to ALL people who oppose same sex marriage, LGBT rights, LGBT employment, ministry, military enlistment, etc:
"Whether it's Genetic or Lifestyle -- who cares? Either way, I can only say to those who oppose either: 'It's none of your fucking business.' "
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*"Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it."
George Bernard Shaw
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** "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live.
It is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
Oscar Wilde
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***Maybe the real issue is that the Fundies just disapprove of CHOICE itself.
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(I am a heterosexual Old Fart, but whenever there's ANY sort of contest between "This is what I have to do" and "This is what YOU have to do" I will almost always come down on the side of the person discussing his or her OWN life).**
And the most tiresome and boring part of this argument is the part in which the homophobes are yelling: "It's a life-style CHOICE!" and the homophiles are yelling back "It's genetic -- it's NOT a CHOICE."***
That's not the issue, it's a distraction -- the REAL issue is freedom.
Whether it's nature or nurture, inherent in the person from birth or adopted by a person for any one of an infinite number of reasons or no reason at all, there's something I have not heard ANYONE say out loud, not even the people who call themselves Libertarians so I say it to ALL people who oppose same sex marriage, LGBT rights, LGBT employment, ministry, military enlistment, etc:
"Whether it's Genetic or Lifestyle -- who cares? Either way, I can only say to those who oppose either: 'It's none of your fucking business.' "
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*"Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it."
George Bernard Shaw
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** "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live.
It is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
Oscar Wilde
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***Maybe the real issue is that the Fundies just disapprove of CHOICE itself.
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posted by Saintperle at
2:17 PM
