Free Love

So, I've been thinking about this whole gay marriage thing for awhile. Or at least since one of my Facebook friends updates his status several times a day with notes threatening death to anyone who protests gay marriage. It's shoved down my throat each day I log onto Facebook, and although the simple solution would be to delete this friend, he would probably take it as a symbol of my undying gay hatred.

I haven't posted anything about this, and I do have a very good gay friend that I would love to see settled down and happy someday--married, not married, whatever. Here are some of my thoughts on this whole gay situation. Some conflict, mind you, but what, haven't you ever been with a woman?

...If two people are actually in love (i.e., insane) enough to want to commit to legally spend their lives together, well then, give 'em as much rope as they need, I say...
...On one hand, I'm so sick of conservatives who are so wrapped up in the "promiscuous gay scene" that doesn't really exist. Honestly, walk into a gay bar, then walk into a straight bar. Same scene--sad, ugly people turning every desperate trick to get laid...
...On the other hand, if you really want to prove that you, too, are worthy of marriage, then why don't you freaking buckle down and try a relationship for once? I'm talking to you, gays--of the few of you I do know and love, most of you bitch about not getting marriage rights, then spend the next two weeks drinking shots out of a different guy's belly button every night. Either relationships or promiscuity--pick one...
...Also, everyone quit complaining about AIDS and gays. That time period, a.k.a., the 90s, is over. Now, everyone's got it, everyone's at risk for it, everyone's penetrating every sexual orifice in every position--we're all equally at risk. Straight people are sexually slutty, too.
...Gays are actually lucky--they don't have to spend their lives figuring out the opposite sex! Maybe we're all just jealous...
...I think the whole ban on gay marriage IS about jealousy, because I think a lot of straight people think that gays have it easy...
...And I think Miss California wasn't stupid, wasn't hateful... she was brave. I don't necessarily agree with what she said, but I think she was very courageous for doing what she did.
...I've found my own personal see-saw. See, on days when I'm disgruntled about love and my own relationships, I don't want anyone to have marriage. Those are the days when, yes, I feel threatened by anyone's happiness, gay or not. But on good days, well, come on! When you're really in love, don't you want the whole world to be in love with you, too?
...Finally, I think I've figured out the greatest wayto combat gay promiscuity--heavily promote and endorse gay marriage! There's no sex in marriage, right?
...I've also found that more straight people defend gays than gays are defending straight people. Aren't we all allowed to have whatever the hell opinion we want without taking it so personally? Apparently not, and that's why there will always be divides: gay/straight, black/white, male/female, smart/dumb, etc.

I'm so glad I don't have to a) make decisions regarding this legislature, b) figure it out for my own personal life, and c) have to deal with my Facebook friend's overobsessed shit. I just decided--I'm cutting him out. Enough is enough. I don't rant and rave about my feminist crap, do I? Cause I totally could, and it would drive him bonkers.