Well, I wasn't planning on composing a second post this quickly, but I have had a lot on my mind lately. I want to be able to sleep tonight, so I am writing this post. Because of the amount of content this subject will bring from me, I will do a series of posts on this topic. This is only Part One.
I've been thinking a lot lately about love and compassion. I guess I've always been the humanitarian type to care about the rest of the world and want the best for everyone. Call me crazy, but I have always held on to faith that the world will come together and humanity will be able to live in peace one day in the future. This is the point where most people laugh in my face. You can call it ignorance. I'm not ignorant. I am very well aware with what goes on in the world. I just liked to believe that humanity is not a lost cause. As the days go by, I start to lose faith...
I normally don't like using my sexuality in arguments because I don't let it define me. The fact that I am gay should not have any relevance in anything other than my personal, sex life. I will leave it at that because I will go off on a tangent for days. Haha. Anyway, as I stated before, I am losing faith in humanity now days. For example, the fact that a human being cannot share a legally-recognized, special bond with the person of their choosing crushes my heart. Because the person I love and want to share the rest of my life with will be a male, my relationship is viewed as second rate. I do not really understand the darkness in someone's heart that does not want to allow two human beings to share their lives together and receive the same benefits that every "traditional" couple receives. I understand that the principle of marriage was taken from the Bible. If that's the real issue, then please just give it another name! Give a homosexual couple all the benefits of a marriage and call it something else! If it's because homosexuality is a sin, then please go back and read your Bible and tell me where it says I am any more of a sinner than any other human being on this planet. But are you really going to tell someone that they are not your equal just because they are different in some way than you?
The people of the Westboro Baptist Church are a prime example of how I am losing faith in humanity. I do not want to get started on this because it truly upsets me to the point that I cry for hours. I do not understand how a group of people can be so hateful to fellow human beings. I feel sorry for these people, and I continue to pray for them.
I will leave you with this interesting story I read the other day. It got me really thinking about the whole faith in the good in humanity.
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-30/us/arlington.cemetery.protesters_1_anti-gay-protests-westboro-baptist-church-fred-phelps?_s=PM:US
As always, it's been a pleasure.
Chase Alan
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