bee_york | LGBT rant

Huh, this is really interesting. Makes me happy to read, VERY happy! I wasn't expecting it. It would be amazing if they could convince more Republicans to change their minds about this. (I'm aware there are plenty of Democrats who are opposed to gay marriage, I'm just saying it's neat to see such a positive position from the Republican's side.) Maybe they'll convince their father/husband eventually! Doubtful, but meh.

Something else that made me really happy---I know this might sound silly or trivial, but to me it wasn't--I was watching TMZ last week (lol, I know), and they were getting accosted by some non-famous yet wanna-be famous chick (I think it might have been one of the Miss America contenders or a beauty queen of some sort) and they were trying to get away from her, but they ended up asking her questions as she kept bugging them to interview her. Finally they ask her her stance on gay marriage and she admits that she's against it, and the narrator was all like, "Really? Well then, we're done, good-bye forever!"
I know that might sound trivial to some people, but I dunno...it just made me so happy the way the show handled that. They were openly horrified at her prejudice, rather than "respecting her different opinion" (because prejudice opinions deserve to be respected, eh? ugh) or not taking a stance at all.

That's something that really, really, really bothers me...I've heard a lot of people say that we should be tolerant of other people's opinions, and if we ask someone about their stance on gay marriage, we should be prepared to hear an answer we don't like. While respecting other people's opinions is a major part of life, I hardly see how that mentality can be applied to something like this. In fact, it's downright dangerous to apply that mentality to gay rights, because it makes the prejudice acceptable.

I've said it before, many times, and I'll say it again, many times-->replace the word 'gay' with 'black' or 'jew' and see how that sounds.

Actually, here. I'll take a couple of common things I hear regarding gay rights, and do exactly that:

"I have no problem with black people. I have black friends. I just believe that marriage should be between white people."

"I don't believe in marriage between black people. I'm sorry, it's just how I was raised."

"I don't care if someone's Jewish, but I don't want to be forced to hear or see it."

"If you ask someone's opinions on Jews, you should be prepared to handle hearing an answer you don't like. You have to respect other people's opinions."

I could go on...and on...

Sigh.