When I was younger I was taught insights from "The Bible" (I went to a Protestant church so it was kind of the highlights.) I was never truly taught that Homosexuality was wrong, but I was never taught that it was truly right. I was confused about it all until it affected my life.
In my early teens, a member of my peer leaders group (which was not a religious group) came out to us, his peers, as being bi-sexual. Another came out to us as being transsexual. At first I wasn't sure what to think. This was the late 90's and even though at that time bi-sexuality and and transgendered persons were being more accepted, I wasn't sure what to do. However, after time, and some consultation from my fellow peers, I realized this was not a bad thing.
It wasn't until my time at West Coast Video, with some of my Forever Friends, that I truly realized that the feelings that one person has for another is all that matters. And on top of that, what a person truly feels about themselves is all that matters. I met some great people, some straight, and some gay. And during our late nights at the midnight show of The Rocky Horror Picture Show we all had great times. Those were some of my favorite nights growing up in my twenties. I had one night where I got to "molest" both Janet and Brad.
From those formative years I also met many great gay people. Both men and women. And because of both my close friends and the acquaintances I made during my time at the video store and the late nights at RHPS, my mind was opened to all that Love had to offer.
It was at that time that the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that Gay couples were (at least according to the state constitution) were allowed to marry. I still remember to this day my boss asking one of our customers how happy she was due to the ruling and she just lit up with a huge smile. I then took her returned movie and smiled also.
It was in that smile that I realized that all people, no matter their orientation deserve true happiness. If that means that two men, or two women can become a married couple then so be it.
Marriage, as it has become recently, not only means that two people are truly in love with one another. But it also means that they share everything. Not just thoughts, feelings, histories, and fears, but medical benefits, retirement benefits, medicare and social security benefits and the right name ones true love in ones Will. I also see no reason that when an equal female couple (because I see no reason to call them a lesbian couple) has a baby, that both mothers should not be in the delivery room. Same goes for equal male couples. If a male couple has paid for a surrogate, then the surrogate and both dads should be in the room.
One of the strongest agreements I have read recently is that of Fmr. President Bill Clinton, and I this I paraphrase, but he basically said that signing DOMA into law was a bad move. When the man that signed DOMA into law says that is was an idiotic move, that should tell you something. And on a lighter not, I am sure Hillary knows that she doesn't need to worry about Bill getting a hummer from a male intern.
In closing, this blog post will most likely be read by few people. However, if I have managed to change the mind of a couple people (of which I do not expect Justice Scalia to be one of them) and you have at least thought about the fact the one person should be able to love another person regardless of their gender, and marry that person if they see fit, then I can succeeded in my quest.
