Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.

One of my best friends is a gay man. Over the years, many of my friends have either come in or gone out of the closet. Several of them have tried many things that would make you blush. Hell, I've tried things that would make you second guess how well you truly know me.

That all being said, what are my views on gay marriage? I'm all for it. 100% on board. I will never understand how this is a political issue. I will never understand how this is a problem for so many people. No one is asking YOU to become gay and marry the same sex. Gay people are no different than you or me, with the exception of the obvious. They deserve the rights that everyone else has when it comes to marriage. Why shouldn't they be allowed to get married, have a legally binding union that entitled them to the same damn things every straight person in the world has? It's not anyone's business who anyone else marries. If I wanted to marry Scott, no one would object. But if I wanted to marry a woman, people would stand up and scream. It makes NO sense.

I also believe very firmly that if the Catholic church allowed gay people to be married, they'd have a lot less lawsuits on their hands involving priests. Many priests are straight, but many are gay. If they allowed them to marry, and not only marry but marry whomever they want, we'd have a lot of very happy priests.

No gay or straight person wants you all up in their business. No one has the right to judge anyone elses decisions and personal choices. If it were up to me, everyone could get married. I'd loev nothing more than to see a man walk down the aisle to another man and have not one person on this planet object. Being gay isn't an epidemic that suddenly hit. It's not a choice. It's not a lifestyle. It's who they are. And that deserves respect and the same damn rights as I have. Someday I hope that this is more widely accepted and that everyone can share this planet happily without being so damn involved in everyone elses' shit.