Nobody’s There…

Greymalkin at Eating Fish has posted a long diatribe about GLBT people.

It’s a typical response from a typical guy - one of the “good guys” in fact. 

But it makes my blood boil!

Ok. Lets go for it. Here’s my response to his post 

“Gay Rights” is a phrase mostly used by the right wingers. They use this phrase, rather than the one GLBT people use - “Equal Rights” - to fool people. It’s quite effective. It fooled Greymalkin, Sengdroma, and Ramblindad.

Marriage is something you do in a church. It’s called a “Civil Partnership” in Europe and it’s registered through the local community via the Registry Office. It’s the same place you go to register deaths and births. They run a great service with rooms available and totally non-deist ceremony. But when you run a political campaign you always have to ask for more than you want. That’s why there has been almost no problem with church groups in, for exaple, the UK.

Oh yes, and unless you are a fag don’t use the word. It’s the same rule that applies to white people and the “N” word, men with the “B” and “C” words and Jews with the “K” word - and one day (we hope) by Christians with the “C” word.

So I google for images of “Gay Lifestyle.” What do I get? The first six pages are nothing like what you describe. The few “ half-dressed men and women” are magazine covers.

What Greymalkin is asking me to be is AVERAGE. Well, dammit, I’m not. Normal? That’s just creepy!

Parading in silly clothes is what the Irish do on St. Patrick’s day, South Americans do at Mardi Gras, and Straight people do at Weddings. Gay people do it at Pride.

Stop asking me to be like you. I won’t do it. I could, but I won’t.

Lets try cutting out the word “Gay” and replacing it with “Black” shall we? No, lets not. It would be wicked.

I don’t want to  “ win over the hardcore gay-hating Christians…” I want my rights! I want people like you, all of you, to march with us instead of sitting on the sidelines “tut-tutting” and saying “If only they could be more like us!”

You’re good people!  Try and accept and celebrate diversity not just similarity.

So, let me deal with the concluding paragraph.

…”gay people should cut the ‘extravagant lifestyle’ bullshit, religious nutjobs should leave them alone and give them equal rights in all aspects of life.”

Part A “…gay people should cut the ‘extravagant lifestyle’ bullshit…” NO WAY!

Part B “… religious nutjobs should leave them alone and give them equal rights in all aspects of life.” NO WAY! Religious nutjobs can’t give me any rights. They’re mine already. When they try and take them away I  demonstrate, march, prevent them any way I can. By myself if I have to. In business suit at Congress, in a swim suit at the beach, in jeans at the universities, in a green jumpsuit on St. Patrick’s day , dressed up like a chicken at Mardi Gras and n a tuxedo at my civil partnership.

You’re invited.

Tags: Blog, Gay, Gay & Lesbian, Politics

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