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Gay Marriage Is A Civil Right, Not A Civil Privilege
“Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.”
-Rachel Maddow.
“What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love.That’s their business. It is no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple.”
-Jay Z.
“I think President Obama is this generation’s Martin Luther Queen.”
-Gloganvlog
There has been a lot of buzz in the media lately about gay marriage and civil rights. I never put too much thought into the subject because I always assumed that I would never get married. I always thought: “Where am I going to find a guy that is willing to deal with the difficulties that come along with being me? Binge drinking, sleeping late, and long vacations take their toll on a relationship.” The more I think about it though, the more it becomes apparent that laws against gay marriage say a lot more than: “You aren’t allowed to fall in love with some schmuck, then marry them, then get bored but realize too late that you have impregnated the sum-bitch, so you spend the rest of your 18 year marriage cheating indiscriminately on the side,” (at least that is the straight definition of marriage from what I understand). It says that we aren’t real people because we don’t deserve the same rights afforded other Americans.
I never really got that until now.
When I was growing up, being gay in the South meant something entirely different. You didn’t see gay people when you went out and about. You knew they existed, and they were tolerated, but you didn’t think of them as normal people. To this day, when I go back to my hometown with a boyfriend in tow, I find myself nervous about PDA and I shy away from wearing the clothes I normally wear (my sister murders me with her skinny jeans jokes). Does this make me a coward? Maybe. Acting and dressing a certain way became a method of self-preservation for me in the South, and old habits die hard.
What I have gained from living in New York for 5 years is that Read more…
4 Reasons I Am Glad To Be Gay In New York
Gas Prices: I know that this is technically a blanket statement since technically straight people have cars too. But straight people don’t have as many hookups as us gays, so they have less places to go. They are also less fun, and don’t go out as much. Gay people have very demanding social lives since we are all making up for the fact that in middle school people called us cock suckers and threw rocks at us. Or did they throw cocks at us and call us rock suckers? I don’t recall as I was too busy doing both.
Shady Gays: In New York, gay guys are way too concerned with all their own shit to worry about anyone else. They won’t try too hard to steal your boyfriend, because there is more than one hot guy living here and they don’t have to cling to every attractive male like a sister-wife in heat living in a small Nevada town where the only good restaurant is KFC.
DUI’s: I don’t know how the fuck I managed to get out of Florida without a DUI, but I drove drunk so many times my car actually Read more…
