First Entry

I remember growing up never understanding bigotry and the inequities faced in society by the old, young, black, Asian, Jew, other immigrant, person with an accent, gay, straight, or other.  I was young and naive and believed what I was told.  Treat others with respect (okay, but my sisters too?), follow the commandments, and later I learned about the constitution and how that protected me.

What I later started seeing was that if you had money, were male and/or Caucasian, that your rights were different that those of the poor, at times women (how they are viewed in the catholic church as an example), and especially someone who was "not from America."  (That last one totally confused me as I am Irish-German American and not native American, so most all of us are "foreigners.")

Recently, these past few months, as a gay man who was born gay (and yes, I tried praying it away for about the first 15 years of life.  No rosary, Memorare, or Novena would "change me to normal" as I had prayed, so I finally accepted the truth that I was in fact, without a doubt BORN THIS WAY...NO CHOICE was EVER involved.  Now that we are clear on that).  As I was saying, being gay in this society, I realize how I am a second class citizen, and how I am told I am created equally, but I am treated like a second class citizen.  I don't want special treatment, I want equality.  The real issue is born this way or not.  I can say it until I am blue in the face, but those who disagree can disagree.  I just don't believe the federal government should sanction benefits to people they deem fit (married couples) and not give benefits to others (those who are LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender.))

And for those who argue that LGBT people are threatening the sanctity of marriage, lest we forget the polygamists of the world and a divorce rate of >50%.  And think of the many many many straight people who get these rights and then abuse them with not only one, or two, or three marriages, but multiple marriages, some lasting less than a day, some numbering more than 5 or 10.  And for those which don't end in divorce, we have infidelity, and yet we defend marriage as a religious institution.

Great, keep it religious, and take the federal benefits away.  We want equality, we want it now!  We will not stop until we get it, and this blog will show the disparity going on in our society and the negative effects it is having on its citizens including me.  So no more inequities.  EQUALITY FOR ALL, and it starts NOW!