What this about?
As a straight woman, I’ve watched, for years, the struggle that gay women and men in this country battle against every day. Discrimination, hatred, fear, and bigotry. On a personal level, I’ve always been sympathetic towards the underdog and being gay in America these days is pretty damn hard. Plus, I’ve always enjoyed the spunky charm of the gay culture. But regardless of my personal feelings, on a purely patriotic level, I’m tired of people enthusiastically denying other American citizens their human and constitutional rights. Historically, no matter how right a sentiment may be, it gets no movement if you don’t get the majority on board. This can be seen throughout history but may parallel closest to the Civil rights movement. Blacks had made great strides during the 1950’s in seeking America to see them as first class citizens along side their white brethren. However, I think the tide truly didn’t turn until they had a sympathetic white base to recognize their struggles and lend a hand. The same is true today for gay activism. They gays may be completely justified, but they’re going to get anywhere until your sentiments move from a wavering minority to a strong majority. There are many people like me that want to help but think maybe it’s not our place because we’re straight. But I say that is exactly the reason we should be helping. We should be convincing this society that these aren’t gay or straight issues, these are human issues. The sooner we all find our common ground the sooner we can start to build a better, more accepting nation.