are you gay?

"Today, the court is deliberating California’s Proposition 8, which bans the right for same-sex couples to marry. Tomorrow, arguments will be heard regarding the national Defense of Marriage Act, which has legally defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman since 1996."

the above is taken from an article from Mackenzie Yang

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/26/what-is-the-red-equal-sign-all-over-facebook-and-twitter/#ixzz2Ofcq5ybN

Are YOU gay?

By:  Courtney Kurth

you may have noticed the red equal sign all over the world today. or maybe you see people in your office or at the gym wearing red. today, people all over the world are either wearing red, or not. wearing red shows that you support marriage between two men or two women.

as stated above, marriage is currently defined as a union between a man and a woman.  

i want to just express my thoughts on being gay.  

since the beginning of time, there have been gay people. this is not a new religion, a new idea or something that seemed fun to experiment.  men who are attracted to women and men who are attracted to men, women who are attracted to women and women who are attracted to men have both been here since the beginning of time. it's true.

50-100 years ago, it was rare to know someone who is gay.  that is not because they weren't here. it is simply because it was so socially unacceptable, that they couldn't be themselves.  people were treated differently and talked lowly of if they were gay. it's like people thought there was something wrong with them.

there is nothing wrong with being gay.  our world is awakening and being gay is more acceptable.  i think this is something to celebrate. though we have a long way to go, more and more gays are coming out and being proud of who they are. and this is why it seems like there are more gay people now than there were 50 years ago.  More married men, who married a woman because that is what they were supposed to do, who had a family because that is what they were supposed to do, are getting divorced.  They are learning that all this time, there really wasn't anything wrong with them.  They were just born gay, and that is ok!  They love their wives, but they simply can't help that they are gay. They leave their marriages and are finally able to be who they really are.  This goes on more than you know!

Can you imagine living a life trying to constantly hide who you are because you fear no one will love you if you tell them who you really are, gay.  This is so sad to me and makes my heart ache for the people who struggle with this.

being gay is not a choice.  you are born gay. it does not mean you have the devil in you. in fact, i believe Jesus could have been gay. we don't know.  I know the Jesus I read and learn about would treat a gay man and a straight man the same.  He would welcome both to his table.  Actually, putting gay or straight aside, he would welcome the man who was kind and treated people with love and respect.  Who knows maybe it'd be the gay man or maybe it'd be the straight man. At the end of the day, what is important is who is a better person.   

It's time for us to wake up. For those of you who think that being gay is a sin, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. It breaks my heart to know that some people would turn away a friendship because of the fact that someone is gay.  I can't believe that grown men and woman can actually act like they are grossed out by someone being gay. if you have that much of a problem with gay people-then maybe you have some serious issues that need worked out. maybe you are hiding from the fact that you are gay? who knows? i hope you figure it out!

i have the privilege of knowing many gay people. They are just people, like everyone else. Some are nice, some need an attitude adjustment, just like all of us.  Let's stop putting everyone into a category. There is no reason we need to say things like, "I have this friend, she's a lesbian, well anyway she got a new car." when telling a story.  Her being a lesbian has nothing to do with her getting a new car.  Just sayin'.  Stop with the name tags!  

let's just stop worrying about who loves who and who has sex with who. find someone that makes you happy and be in love. if they happen to be the same gender as you, then great! it's ok! you can't change being gay, but you can embrace it!