So
I have this friend who I have known since I was in junior high and is
also still a Facebook friend of mine today James Driskill. He's openly
Gay, liberal and highly intelligent. He was a mentor to me in technology
when I was a young aspiring computer programmer. He worked in the
library system in San Bernardino California and I practically lived at
each of the five branches they had at that time, signing up for computer
access. Every day after school, until my time expired by someone else
needing to use a computer booted me off, I would then hop onto the city
bus to the next branch, until it closed and even sometimes sneaked in to
the local community college after hours, to use those machines until
school started the next day.
Anyway my friend had a boyfriend who died of AIDs years back, He now has
AIDS and is a shadow of the person he used to be, homeless (with a car
right now) and being technologically savvy, ranting all over Facebook
every chance he gets about how the world has done him wrong. I have
several friends with parents who have come out as gay who have later
died of AIDs and currently have friends who are gay some of which still
haven't come out but most have. Just for the record I am not gay. I have
observed the lifestyle for myself for years and have NEVER personally
seen a gay relationship last, or any part of it end in anything other
than tragic. I don't hate people for being gay. I am concerned for them
thinking that it is, what it is not. Love. Heterosexual (straight)
activity is not love either. Love requires no physical or sexual contact
what so ever. I am anti gay because of my personal experience through
people I have known through out my entire life who are my friends. I
have known people who have changed from being gay to straight, and vice
versa, and find it to be more choice than matter of fact as some claim
it is. Just as some have started bad habits like smoking and drinking,
that some later overcome, I feel a desire to help those to change a
homosexual lifestyle as well, be encouraging them to see with their eyes
the reality of the lifestyle. Look for examples of lasting
relationships that they know personally, not just those that seem good
on TV or in movies because we all know that media is not what it seems,
but we allow media to shape our personal lives too much.
I see no reason to be proud of being gay. To me it's like being proud of
being a smoker, or an alcoholic, or a foul mouthed free speech
American. I'm proud to be a American, but i'm more proud to be
Conservative American. Conservative in speech, dress, and thought. Some
may claim to be conservative, but they speak more liberally than a
Hollywood porn star!. Sure you are free to do dumb things in a free
country, but it is not always the smartest or healthiest, or at a
minimum, best example to our youth. Far too many people don't speak up
about things to help others become better, citing it's none of their
business, but it's everyone business. I don't advocate hate against
smokers, alcoholics, foul mouthed, or gay people. I don't believe any of
those things deserve a special day of celebration, or congratulatory
call from the president for coming out or anything either.
I do think that traditional values should be celebrated. How about a
HETERO-Pride-Day?
Are you ALIVE today because you were born?
Thank a Heterosexual!
I say these things because we are all children of God and I care about
all of you. God bless you all.