I’ve been known to be a rather liberal person during my lifetime. These days, the constant bend toward the notion of being liberal makes me feel to be somewhat of a conservative sort. I am one of those people. A fan of Proposition 8. I don’t live in Cali so I didn’t vote on the matter. I also didn’t solicit votes on the matter. I actually expected the California would be in favor of the redefinition of marriage as they were one of the first on this bandwagon. I was upset when they began to allow gay marriage over there. Though California offered a pleasant surprise, Connecticut saddened me. However, I am now beyond being upset. This guy ran off and likened this so-called injustice toward gays to the plight of African-Americans.
These issues aren’t nearly in the same functional space. First off, prohibiting liberties to someone based on their race and their sexual preference are not equal limitations. There is no person of any race who had the opportunity to be born of another race. If you disagree, find one for me; I’d enjoy meeting them. However, people can make the choice to lay down with one person or another; this is the case regardless of sexual orientation. It is now common practice to consider it unethical to oppose the so-called freedoms of homosexual. Is it not unethical to argue that this situation is the same as that of the Jewish Holocaust or African-American slavery? How about conflict diamonds? Is the prevention of gay marriage to be equated with this as well?
Lets examine equality for a moment. If you are an American and polling for equality, please acknowledge that you already live better than most people on this planet due to hideous regimes of power which occupy some other lands. Secondly, lets consider the fact that there are many homosexuals with greater far wealth than many heterosexuals. San Francisco is not the most affordable city in this country. I surely can’t afford to live there. If we were to discuss the arts in this time period, you’d likely find more homosexuals who are knowledgeable about this topic than heteros. There are entire industries which are close to being dominated by homosexuals. This situation is not in any degree the same as that of racial injustice.
Early on, the argument was that gays should be allowed to marry because of the tax breaks or insurance allowances which are imparted upon married couples. If that be the true issue and not some cloak for some other goal… let any cooperative group be afforded the same rights.
Then it became listed as a problem of social equality. The way I hear it now is as if it were a matter of validity. The issue is now that people want to be recognized as having equal relationships to that of the rest of the population. A major factor of a hetero relationship is the means to copulate. There is also this issue of whether or not homosexuals should have the right to have children. Eggs do not await eggs and the sole goal of the sperm is to reach the egg. Do people no longer realize that they have in their bodies the means to create a generation? We are going through this crap because you don’t want to have intercourse with a member of the opposite sex? Or, because you aren’t attracted to the opposite sex?
I know of countless people who seriously do not understand their partners in heterosexual relationships. There is a theory referred to as the 80/20 rule. This theory suggests that in a relationship neither person will provide 100% of the desires of their partner but, the 80% that is given is of greater value than the 20% that is not. I’ve noticed vicariously that in both hetero and homo relationships that people will get along well for a bit and not so well for another span. Yet, this is also the case with non-romantic endeavors. Some people get along well with their bosses for a while and not so much for other periods. With my friends, I am affectionate toward them whether they are male or female, as I do intend to care for friends. This doesn’t mean that we should practice any sort of sex with each other, regardless of whether our parts fit together or not.
As a society, we have an placed a great emphasis on sex. We use it for money. People tend to free themselves for the sake of money. Does being attracted to the opposite sex require the desire to spend time in a titty bar? No. Does it require having intercourse within the first 6 months of knowing a person? No. Does it require any sexual thought toward a person? No. These are the ways that people are marketing what could otherwise be a very simple system of reproduction. Now, unfortunately the pleasure of sex has overtaken the function of sex. I suppose that someone will argue that this is my opinion.
Nobody is saying that homosexuals aren’t human. With the number of homosexuals at my job I find it difficult to believe that employment is a widespread issue. Homosexuals are not denied housing. Some have difficulty understanding that recently churches typically had a problem with acceptance of homosexuality. It is not the place of the church to accept homosexuality. The very doctrine which they follow opposes such practice… this is the case both before and after Christ (Old Testament and New Testament). If you don’t believe me, go read it for yourself. Yet, somehow homosexuals have found themselves in the pulpit. Hogwash. If it were a person who had been previously homosexual and is now reformed, it would make sense. If homosexuals are allowed, eventually prostitues will be also.
November 15th, 2008 | Tags: 80/20, civil rights, holocaust, homosexuality, humanity, proposition 8, slavery | Category: Humans | Leave a comment
