Friday, 17 August 2012

Prejudiced? Pfft... Move along.


Okay then. It should be pretty obvious from the previous post why this would be the second. It just friggin' irks me that some countries still have an issue with homosexuality and all the other minorities that do not fit into what they perceive as 'normal'. Seriously, what the hell is your 'Normal'?

These days not even companies can support LGBT rights for a couple of close-minded bigots that would rise to protest that particular movement. Yesterday, Anti-gay Russian activists sued poor old Madge (Madonna) because she "hurt their feelings" when she spoke out for gay rights at a concert. It caused these activists "moral suffering." Before that there was that huge controversy around Lady Gaga as well for speaking out for gay rights and equality, she was denied entry into a country for the many contributions toward LGBT equality. For HELPING people. Whereas these Christian pundits would rather bash and discriminate. Disturbingly sickening.

Honestly, Christianity offers nothing unique to the religious table. Take Apollo (yes, a Greek/Roman god) for example – his priests performed ‘baptisms’ centuries before Christianity. He offered salvation. Through Orpheus, his son, he went to Hell and back and gained the secrets of eternal life. Through his son, Ascleplius, he rose from the dead. Through Dionysus, water was turned to wine. Christians like to distort truth and declare myths were based on biblical tales – when these very tales were recorded long before Christianity cursed Europe. I say ‘cursed’, because that is what it did. There is an area in Sweden where the arrival of Christianity coincides with the erection of mass graves. Why? Because those who would not submit were slaughtered. What ever happened to "Thou shalt not kill," huh? Even today there are certain radical groups who kill homosexuals just for being who they are. Madness, I tell you.

I can't even begin to imagine who gives these idiots the right to think that they are the sole moral custodians of the world. And also what gives them the right to smugly look down upon others and try to “save” their souls by undermining their belief structures. Really now, the truth of the divine does not lie in the pages of man written text, but in that of one’s heart < Learn something, bitches.

Though there are these radicals, I have to concede that there are those few groups that are understanding and allow acceptance of LGBT people within their communities, bless them and their kind. I'm not all that religious myself, in fact I'm atheist, but I at least know a thing or two about the bible to be able to say that condemning and hating on anyone, regardless of their orientation and/or preferences, or whoever they may be, is a sin. Put this in your pipe and smoke it:

Romans 14
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Law of Liberty
1. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.
2 For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
3 Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.
4 Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written:
“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
The Law of Love
14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.
21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. 

Why do people care so much? I can understand that if a child, parent, relative or very close friend were to come out, you'd have a vested personal interest, but why do so many people care so much about what complete strangers do relationship-wise? I mean - if my neighbor were to blast his music full volume past midnight, I'd care. If my neighbor were to park his car in my driveway, I'd care. But why would I care if two women move in next door? It's none of your business what and who they are, and to think otherwise is absurd.

Even close friends of mine are super-duper cool about this (seemingly) hot topic:

Sparky:
I don't see things like that and race.. to me humans are humans no matter their preference in sexuality, etc.
To me equality in race, gender and whatever else is important ... your choice in gender when it comes to sex does not make you less of a person.

Monkey:
Personally, I don’t have a problem with their sexual preference, other than that they are still people and shouldn’t be discriminated against because of that. So what goes for me should go for them. As for religious groups, I can’t give a shit about what they think. In all religions it says not to judge, so who the f*** are they to go up-in-arms because it goes against what they believe? Whatever happened to acceptance and tolerance of others? People tend to focus too much on differences instead focusing on stuff that really matter. Just because I’m ‘straight’ doesn’t make me better than them. Except for the one difference, everything else is the same, so why don’t they focus on that instead. I’m not so into the religion thing, because that is between me and my god. People should get over themselves, everyone is unique. And if they open their minds, they would see them for who they are, not their sexual preferences.

It's humanity's need to identify, and subsequently ridicule, some "other." This "other" can be anything, from a different race, or religion, or sexual orientation. By finding some group they can mutually hate, they feel like they belong to a group, and by deriding this other group they are naturally in the "better" one. And they want to be in the "better" group because they are unhappy with themselves, or some similar mindless reasoning. The deep down, basic root of the problem is, in my opinion, really superficial. But it creates a bit of a snowball effect, especially given enough time.

So to these religious nutbags, with their "God Hates Fags" pickets, I'll say: If you believe that your god truly exists and claim to know what s/he's "all about", you must be of the belief that your god is benevolent: which means that your god loves everyone. Benevolence does not equate to hate and descimination, therefore your god loves the fags and you're just a closeminded idiot waving a false banner. Some of you also tend to lean towards "God is unknowable," which is then hypocracy at it's finest when you prance around making assumptions to what your god's will is. Crave attention much? And with the whole "procreation" argument: What of those heterosexual couples that are unable to have children? Infertility? If sex is supposed to have the sole purpose of procreation, why were contraceptives invented? Pills, condoms (male and female varieties), vasectomies, female sterilisations, contraceptive injections, vaginal rings and various other methods to keep a woman from falling pregnant.
The majority of society has just One-Up'd you. Congrats.

In the colourful and diverse spectrum of society, we just have to accept that there will be some stereotypes. We've got the butch "FUCK YEAH POWERTOOLS" lesbian and the twinky "OMG I JUST BROKE A NAIL" gay guys. I think in television shows nowadays, although sometimes they focus too much on the stereotypes, we have a much better mix of shows that say, "Hang on there, yes, there are butch lesbians and twinky gay guys, but we also have masculine gay guys and feminine lesbians." In all honesty, I find stereotypes hilarious, and not just gay and lesbian stereotypes. Any kind of stereotype can be funny; I find that they mock the people who believe in the stereotype more than the stereotype itself.

And lastly, because I like quoting stuff:
Mark Jaquith
10 Reasons why Gay Marriage is Wrong
1. Homosexuality is not natural. Real people always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still aren’t supposed to marry whites.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if homosexual marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Homosexual couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.
7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in North America.
9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans. 
^^ http://txfx.net/2005/03/18/ten-reasons-why-gay-marriage-is-wrong/comment-page-4/#comment-724784

Seriously, I fell off my chair reading that, just had to put it here. XD


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