Reply #6: I will never understand why so many people worry so much about [View All]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

the sex lives of total strangers. I sometimes ask this question of the haters, and the response is usually something like: "It's just WRONG, that's why!" And then we get into an argument about why it's "wrong," which always devolves back to religion and at that point it becomes hopeless. And I'm told I must be gay, or why would I be defending them. And I explain that I'm not; I just don't think other people's personal lives are any of my business; they should not be any of anyone else's business, and most certainly not the government's business. People should be free to associate with (and marry) anyone they please.

And no, your same-sex relationship does not harm or affect my hetero relationships in the slightest. I have even heard the rather insane argument that same-sex marriage should be prohibited because if those men weren't marrying each other they would marry women like they're supposed to, and thereby not deprive single women of spouses. Well, duh. If a guy is gay he's probably not going to marry me anyhow.

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My closing argument in these cases is that if the very worst thing you can find to say about someone is that they are gay, they are doing pretty damn well. Certainly they are better people than the assholes who hate them.

Hang in there. Times are changing, and eventually the haters will give up and die off.