That's one way to think about it. The other way would be that this entire country has come around to fighting for our gay brothers and sisters. We all have a family member that is gay, and I would march in a pride rally with mine to show him support. It should be seen as McDonald's saying: Fuck you idiot homophobes, we're gonna stand for what's right. But cynics will use their own silliness to explain what we should be doing in the first place, standing up for our fellow Americans who are THE MOST discriminated against in the nation. The bolded line is just complete bullshit...
I have never had a family member that is gay that I know of. Still, anyone, be they gay, black, brown, yellow or red that gets put down because of their minority status should be protected the way we would protect a White person. I once slugged a guy because he was trying to denigrate my wife because she's Asian. I like to think I'd stick up for anyone else's wife that was going through a similar humiliation. I'm still trying to figure out how gay marriage somehow denigrates my marriage. Can anyone explain that? I see gays and lesbians getting married all the time and yet, strangely, I still love my wife and she apparently seems to love me, although that part is a mystery to me. The more a population is discriminated against for no good reason other than they are different, the more I support their efforts to live life just like I do. But for reasons only God understands, I could be one of those 'others'.
My irish cousin is a lesbian journalist...funniest person on earth...when I was young we went out to clubs together and for her, every night was gay pride night...rainbows were not part of the symbolism those days. For her it was her fedora and pinstripe suit that made the statement
People who get fired up about too many parades or rainbow flags or French fry containers ...might be just a smudge gay.
Yep to all of this. How the F does a gay marriage impact me? Who cares? People who get riled up about gay marriage are weird.
