Gay Views From a Straight Girl

Well kiddos, I am currently on the heartland flyer- the passenger train from Norman to fort worth. Hopefully getting my poor wrecked car back today and also celebrating my dad being super old now (okay he is only 50. Oh and I had a student of mine tell me it’s weird my dad waited until 25 to have kids. “you white people wait too long to have babies.” Dear god she probably expects me to have children in the next year.)

So on to my offensive and questionable thoughts of the day.
Being gay. Oh yeah. I just went there. Nothing alienates people as easily as talking about gays. But anyone who has the desire to read my thoughts shouldn’t be shocked. After living in the great states of Texas and Oklahoma for the last 15 years of my life, I am most often surrounded by conservative folk who would like to take their shotguns out and hunt them there homosexuals and their sodomy ways.

I’m not even going to go into gay marriage. That’s blasphemy. And someone would probably send satan an e-mail telling him to make sure he’s saved enough space my little butt. This is just about the choice, the art of being gay.

So being gay as a choice. Now that is just hysterical.
1. I know deviance exists. But why in the hell would so many people “choose a lifestyle” that so many people would hate them for? Do people want hate crimes committed against them just because of whom they love? Doubtful. Who chooses to be something that could lose you your family, friends, church, job? Who chooses to be attracted to someone you cannot marry? Someone you cannot kiss or hold hands with or have pictures in your office with without being ostracized? Who chooses any of that? That seems like a very stupid conscious decision to make.

2. I do not remember choosing to be straight. Do you? I never sat down and made a pro con list. (see above. If you did, you would choose straight for the sake of making life easy) So if I never had to have that conversation with myself, why are we assuming gays do? I have always liked boys. I have never questioned that, as I’m sure you know if you’re reading this. No one loves boys as much as I do. I know some people question their sexuality because they can be confused by society’s straight agenda vs. their desires vs. who is giving them attention. And plenty of people experiment. But I never chose to be straight. And you could never convince me I was gay. I’m just not. I never had a day where I realized oh I have the urge to kiss you because you have different parts than me. It just happened It’s the way I am. And as a straight white middle class female, everyone just accepts that. No one questions it or makes me feel bad about my sexual preferences. Why then do we question the preferences of others?

Okay I said I wouldn’t but I will. Gays should not be married because we do not want to the ruin the sanctity of marriage. The sanctity of marriage. You have got to be kidding. What is the divorce rate in this country? What is the rate of infidelity? Marriage was meant to be a man and woman. Well people, marriage was also supposed to be a commitment for life. And its purpose was so that it was okay to have sex and procreate. Straight people, on average, suck at marriage. Maybe we should give other people the chance to get it right?