I guess I should begin this post by saying that I have experimented in my life - with same sex relationships. They didn't work out for me, but that isn't to say that it doesn't work out for many others. I know that the debates and political issues with same-sex marriage are complicated and biased (to say the least). But, I still can't understand the issues and the problems with a man marrying another man, or a woman marrying another woman. How could anyone outside of their relationship think it is any of their business?
I understand that some people are offended because of the religious aspects of the controversy, however, I thought America was founded based on the freedom of religion. Therefore, giving any American the right to choose their religious boundaries. I am a Christian, and it seemed impossible for me to imagine Jesus condemning them for being in love. Especially when today there are far worse things to be concerned with... scarier/life-threatening things.
Maybe this is one of the many reasons why so many countries are surpassing us in business and education matters. We are too focused on other Americans being just like us (cookie-cutter-America) that we can't just work together and unite as a people.
I think that many of the people protesting the matter and the politicians keeping the bills/laws from passing, are afraid of something different - afraid of change. But change happens, time passes and people progress, so, why is it getting so hard to accept?
I rambling now... starting to drift from the subject...
On top of all of those other things, I still firmly hold to the fact (and state openly when someone confronts me), that is no one's freaking business who another person marries.
It just isn't.
Why America is obsessed with being in everyone's faces about their relations... I will never know.
P.S. I love Ellen DeGeneres. (that was really irrelevant... but I was thinking about her as I wrote this, so I felt she needed to be mentioned...) :)
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