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National Coming Out Day
Oct. 11th, 2007 10:26 pm I'm pretty sure everyone has figured this one out, but I'm a straight ally.
I'm a wife who does not feel threatened by the idea of gays receiving the same legal benefits my husband and I am entitled to. The gay marriage movement is not about forcing churches to sanction behavior they don't agree with - it is about gay couples having rights. It is about people in committed relationships with people of the same sex not having to deal with the fear of being barred from a dying loved one's bedside because of family disapproval.
I'm a mother who does not fear the idea of gay couples raising children, whether they were born to one of the couple, or adopted. There are so many kids who could benefit from a loving couple - why should it matter if they have two mommies or two daddies?
I'm a woman who loves men, but who doesn't want to ostracize women who love women, or men who love men.
I don't believe being gay is a choice. It's the way they were made. They can choose not to act on their feelings, just like the rest of us. But they shouldn't feel they have to.
I believe gays should be able to serve openly. To anyone who thinks we don't have them in the military, you are wrong. Some of them I count among the finest soldiers and airmen I have worked with, and among the most caring, decent people I have known.
DV
I'm a wife who does not feel threatened by the idea of gays receiving the same legal benefits my husband and I am entitled to. The gay marriage movement is not about forcing churches to sanction behavior they don't agree with - it is about gay couples having rights. It is about people in committed relationships with people of the same sex not having to deal with the fear of being barred from a dying loved one's bedside because of family disapproval.
I'm a mother who does not fear the idea of gay couples raising children, whether they were born to one of the couple, or adopted. There are so many kids who could benefit from a loving couple - why should it matter if they have two mommies or two daddies?
I'm a woman who loves men, but who doesn't want to ostracize women who love women, or men who love men.
I don't believe being gay is a choice. It's the way they were made. They can choose not to act on their feelings, just like the rest of us. But they shouldn't feel they have to.
I believe gays should be able to serve openly. To anyone who thinks we don't have them in the military, you are wrong. Some of them I count among the finest soldiers and airmen I have worked with, and among the most caring, decent people I have known.
DV
