Hitting Close to Home

Living in a very rural area in the Midwest has it's ups and downs. It's beautiful out here, but we're very cut off from society. Or at least the society I am grouped with.

We have a very small homosexual community. Now, by small I don't mean there aren't the numbers there are everywhere else, I mean that there are very few that are out. This fact alone alienates a lot of us, making us feel very alone and sometimes very wrong in our feelings. But thanks to all the gay rights movements now, we can know that we aren't alone. It's just a shame that we cant have a thriving gay community like everyone else. This, perhaps is because of our parents' and our ancestors' are so strongly rooted in religion. To the point where many of them are almost extremists. This fact alone makes coming out a terrifying feat. For example, if I were to come out to my parents, my mother may accept it because she is a very open minded person, but my father would most definitely disown me. Don't get me wrong, there ARE other gays here. A couple of which I know of, but I think it would be a much more comfortable place if there was a whole mass of homosexuals, who could stand up to all the bullying and the discrimination here. I love to surround myself with people who are like me and who have that major factor in common with me. Because we can connect on a different level. It's a beautiful thing.

The amendment that Bush is trying to pass to ban gay marriage is in my opinion one of the most offensive things he's done. What does it matter to him if two men in Colorado get married. And why is it such a big deal if they adopt a child? We have so many children without parents, and why is it wrong to give them homes? Sure, gay couples cannot have children of their own, and that's one issue non-supporters of gay marriage have. But we have a sky rocketing population on this planet. Why not let two very capable adults take care of children who don't have parents to take care of them? I thought this country was free. I thought there was this little thing claiming the separation of church and state? Sure, it's considered a sin to a vast majority of Christians for men to be together and the same for women. But that is a CHURCH thing, isn't it? It should have no baring on whether or not it's legal.

Who knows, maybe we'll see a day, when two people who are in love can marry, no matter what gender they are. But until then, I'm still planning to move to a country where it's legal. Where I have rights even if I have a girlfriend/wife.