This week don't ask don't tell was repealed. As an avid supporter for gay rights, I'm thrilled. In a world where there is no where near enough social justice, I'm horrified America would join in such obvious intolerance, especially in California, my home state, the "liberal" state. California is the home of San Francisco (my hometown!!) which to my knowledge, is the gayest city in the entire USA. So why is it such a struggle for this state to allow gays so basic a right as marriage?
Because, according to the wonderful Mormon Church, here in California, gays are horrid people who are trying to destroy marriage with their God offending relationships. I wish I could say I understand their argument, I just have to politely disagree. But that would be lying. I don't understand at all where their coming from. They claim gays offend God, and choose their lifestyle even though its a sin. My response to that small piece of craziness: I thought God was all loving. Wait, I remember. He only loves all of you. He hates everyone else. The part about choosing is just ignorant. There are many accounts from older gay citizens that talk about believing they were insane when they realized they were attracted to the same sex. They didn't even know that homosexuality existed. I'm sorry, but in my mind, that is proof its not a chosen state.
The Mormon Church also claims that two men or two women marrying is offensive to the beautiful marriage between a man and a woman. I also have to disagree. Two people who love each other and have decided to spend the rest of their lives with only each other is not offensive. If people are really concerned about making marriage pure, maybe they should tear down the chapels in Vegas that allow any drunk get married, as long as the happy drunk couple is a man and a woman, not a drunk man and man.
The church also says what two men do in the bedroom together is a sin, and they know this because its in the Bible. You know what else is in the Bible? A law against eating shellfish. But I'm not giving up crab. And honestly? If you don't like what gays do in the bedroom, don't think about it. Its no ones business but the people in the bedroom. And people are going to do it whether they are married or not, so why are we taking away a basic right like marriage if its not going to stop them anyway? Thats just intolerance for the sake of intolerance.
According to Ann Coulter, the reason a heterosexual couple is allowed to marry while a homosexual couple cannot is simple; marriage is a system used only for child rearing, and homosexual couples cannot have children. To make her reason work, however, every married couple would have to have children or else be "offense" to other normal married couples. So far, I have seen no parades of delusional people screaming about the sins of the childless couple. Why? Because its the 21 century. Women are allowed to have careers, and children are a choice. Being a mother is no longer as expected of women as it used to be. Therefore, Ann Coulter, thank you. But your excuse is still just another weak excuse.
However, Anns rant brings another side to the argument. Children. According to a lot of conservatives, gays should not be allowed to adopt, for "the good of the child" and "an unstable home environment" is the only thing gays could offer children they adopt. Let me tell you about a survey I read about. In a study done with the children of heterosexual couple's children and homosexual couple's children, this was the finding: 28% of the children raised by a heterosexual couple were abused in some way. I'll talk about how horrifying that is after I tell you how many kids raised by gay couples were abused in the same way: 0%. No kids raised gays or lesbians were abused by their parents or any other family members, while 28% of kids raised by straight parents were subject to abuse. Let me say that again: 28%. Its horrible, disgusting and says a lot about the "progress" of our society. What else says a lot? The 0% from the other side. Lets talk about why.
Adoption is a huge process. There is home visits, check ups, interviews, and backround checks, for homosexual and heterosexual couples wishing to adopt. Besides that, it can take years after joining an agency for a couple to be chosen as new parents. Anyone who truly wants a child isn't going to go through this to abuse a child. Their doing this because they want to be a parent that much, but because of different situations its impossible for them to conceive. This means a gay couple has years to consider, and when their picked, the agency is positive that they are good enough people to raise a child. Then theres the other side, the healthy heterosexual couple who can have a child on their own, sometimes on accident, and sometimes resulting in a child they don't truly want. Unwanted children are often abused children. Many unwanted pregnancies result in a pleasant surprise of a well loved child. Others end in abused children in situations they don't deserve. Homosexuals don't face this situation when adopting. They have to be positive about it. Adoption agencies don't give children to couples who might want a kid. They give them to confident, stable, loving people. Aren't they the people we want raising the generation of the future?
-teenageliberal
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