I am curious if you have a specific reason that it is important to you. Why are you a defender of gay rights?
I guess I just wanted to tell you about my friend Shyrlene. We were friends from the age of 12. When we were in our early 20's Shyrlene said to me one day, "Sharon I have something that I have been wanting to tell you but I am not sure if you will still want to be my friend." I told her, "Shyrlene as long as you haven't murdered anyone there isn't anything that you could say to me to change that." So she told me she was gay.
She remained my dear friend for 34 years until the day she died of breast cancer when we were 46. She was Maid of Honor at my wedding and she was there when my son was born. Her partner when she died is still a good friend.
It is because of Shyrlene that it means so much to me. It is because of her that I fight so hard.
My son is lucky, because he knew from a very young age that sexuality is not a big deal.
2007-04-04 08:41:44 · 49 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My son is straight, like his mother. I am glad because he will not have to face the ignorant bigots of the world, or their ignorant children.
2007-04-04 08:52:50 · update #1
What a great friendship you had all those years..
For me, I think every person has a right to be happy period.
I do not understand why some people are against gay marriage or even relationships between the same sex..
it does not effect them, they still get up in the AM, go to work, come home and such their day is that same no matter who is with who..
I am all for gay marriage and think just becasue another person loves someone of the same sex does not make them less we can not help who we love.. it is happiness that counts not who that happiness is with.
I have tried very hard to teach my kids to like people for who they are not who we THINK they should be.. and trust me it has not been easy when their grandparents on thier dads side is against this. so much so he tired to start a petition against a gay male couple who built a house on his raod -- SHAKES HEAD :(.. but in the end with a lot of talking and answering questions I have let them know people are people regardless of their preference get to know them b4 you judge them and you do not have to go along with the crowd you have every right to your own ideas and opinions..
2007-04-04 08:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Tonya R 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to put it in words. It's not that I am a defender of gay rights but more of a person who believes that if you found love you should hold on to it. I feel that maybe some of the people who are against people of the same gender loving each other have not truly experienced unconditional love. There is always a stigma attached to it. Like the Christian God. It is said that the Christian God will love you no matter what but if you don't believe in Christ you will spend an eternity in Hell. Conditional love. And a lot of people who are against gay marriage are Christian or of a similar religious belief.
I feel that no matter where you find the love, once you found it hold on to it. Because true love is hard to find, very rare. It doesn't matter if that love comes in the same gender as you, or a different color from you. You can even love a child (obviously not in a romantic way) with that pureness that you may not be able to find elsewhere.
I defend love and the individuals right to it. I am not here to tell people that they shouldn't love someone because they have the same parts.
2007-04-04 10:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is my pet peeve also. True believers should also believe it is not their right to do God's job. If they feel gay marriage and abortion is wrong, they are to let God handle that, not them. Those people are not believers but fanatics and are just as wrong for taking justice into their own hands as the people they feel are wrong for having an abortion or being gay. I believe they are mentally ill and dangerous. I avoid them at all costs. This issue has such a polarizing effect on people because those people are simple-minded, ignorant and just plain lost. As long as they focus on the 'other', they don't have to look in the mirror and deal with their own pointless life. Where are all the mirrors when you need one?
2016-05-17 06:26:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I defend it because it's right. I can't stand that some people in this world actually think it's any of their business and would dare to step in on someone's personal relationship with another. I don't care what kind of sex they enjoy (with the exception of child molestation - which isn't really about sex, it's about Control over a weaker person - with that definition, should we call this Human Rights Molestation?????). It sickens me that some people have taken it upon themselves to try to live for others - or at the very least try to dictate to them how they should live so those few can sleep better at night (as if denying marriage is going to stop sex.... do these people have any idea what they are even talking about????)
I am sorry you lost your friend. =( I hope one day we won't see such callousness from others... especially those who claim to be following a Loving God.
2007-04-04 08:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Longish post, I beg your indulgence
My personal belief is that homosexuality is a sin (note: all that means is I myself am not going to engage in homosexual behavior. If you are gay and you're okay with it then I am not going to yell at you, make you feel bad, or do anything else to hurt you. I recognize that this is not a choice that you made and I have sins of my own. And it's not like you being gay affects me at all. Me being compassionate will do far more to improve this world than you forcing yourself to be straight will).
But I heartily support gay rights and gay marriage. Why? Because I do not believe in legislating morality. Gay marriage isn't hurting anyone and I wouldn't want someone to tell me I couldn't get married because they though it was sinful. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. (Or rather what's good for the goose+gander is good for the gander+gander and goose+goose) And as long as there is a 50% divorce rate I don't see how we can talk about the 'sanctity of marriage' with a straight face.
There's my $0.02
(By the way, it sounds like you're off to a good start raising a good human being there)
2007-04-04 08:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by LX V 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I really have no close gay friends...only acquaintances. I guess it's important to me because I think all should be equal. I see an injustice, and I try to take up the cause. I teach my kids that everyone is the same and no one is better than anyone else, and they see things like this in the news and wonder how we can be the same and yet they're denied the right to marry. I can only hope, with each generation, more tolerance comes about.
2007-04-04 08:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
The question is not "why so", the question is: "why not"?! Apart from a couple of fundie bigots waving around a silly old book I really don't see a reason for two people who love eachother not to be together.
As long as they're not hurting anybody, why would a mutual choice of two people be denied? Because it offends somebody's hypocritical sense of decency?! Come on.
Everyone has the right to be happy and the right to be with the ones that they love.
2007-04-04 09:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's important to me because it's an unnecessary stigma that ruins peoples' lives (society's view of homosexuality, that is). And I can't see any logical reason why they shouldn't have all the same rights as anyone else. It's pure ignorance and bigotry and I just can't support that.
I support gay "marriage" over gay "union", as separate but equal has never worked.
2007-04-04 09:57:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I support gay rights because I have several friends and family members who are gay. It doesn't matter to me, I love them just the same. Marriage is about love - not sexual orientation, race, religion, or anything else. It seems that discrimination in America is a bigger problem that I had previously realized. I fight for gay rights because everyone deserves to have the freedom to love and live with who they want.
2007-04-04 08:55:45 · answer #9 · answered by The Pope 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ive been raised liberal minded and never had a problem with other peoples sexual orientation. They have the rights to live their lives and be happy like anyone else.
Tony Blair has done alot for gay people here so they can marry now,(well civil partnership), and also the equality law so they cant be discriminated against in services. I support equal rights for all.
2007-04-04 09:00:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋