Well, I really tried not to get
political on this blog. My original goal
was to keep the posts strictly creative, but these days, there seems to be a
lot that is raising my ire. I suppose
much of this comes from the fact that it is a Presidential election year, which
naturally brings out the divisiveness in this country. Also, the recent admission from President and
Mrs. Obama that they support gay marriage has sent the haters and hard-core
religious extremists into holy seizures.
The fact that the Chick-Fil-A “buycott” was
so successful this past Wednesday was, as one gay Chick-Fil-A employee put it, “very
depressing”. I felt the need to vent and
create a new header for my facebook page and thought I would share it here on
my blog.
To me, this piece shows just how hurtful
and cruel it is to deny anyone the simple right to marry the person they
love. It should not be a privilege that
most of the population can take part in, it’s a right. It was wrong when African Americans could not
marry each other and it was wrong when African Americans could not marry
outside of their race. It is wrong to
deny this right to gays and lesbians, and the President said so.
The black and white images are shocking
and certainly bring up many terrible memories of how minorities have been
treated in this country. The images of
people lined up outside Chick-Fil-A restaurants the day of the buycott is just
as painful as the other images. In my
opinion, they should have been wearing white hoods and burning crosses in the
parking lots. The obvious display of
hate this week by these Christians is both sickening and disgusting.
I was actually ashamed to be American.
It was shocking to see just how many people in this country hate gays and lesbians. To be willing to wait in line for hours, baking
in the scorching Summer heat, really drove home the message that many Americans
honestly, truly and sincerely hate gay people.
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