Years and years from now, when our children's children are coming over to visit and they talk about 'back when gay people didn't have equal rights' what will you tell them? Will you talk about how you stood your ground and fought through all odds to win your rights? will you tell them that you were there, standing side by side with your gay friends/family, to help them win their rights? or will you tell them that you were against it? 2 of those answers will make your grand kids look up at you in pride. Spoiler: the last one isn't one of them.
You might not realize it now, but years from now this WILL end up in the history books. It might not seem like that big of a deal to some people, but it is bigger than you know.
I bet during the women's rights movement, many men thought that women wouldn't get their rights and that years later it would all be done for and forgotten. But that wasn't the case, women never gave up, they fought, and they fought until they had the same rights as any man. Today we read about it in the history books.
Even farther back, when blacks had to fight for their rights. Whites saw them as less. Like they weren't human beings. But that wasn't all whites! some whites were there and supported the black's getting their rights. Again, people thought it would just go away, that this wouldn't be a big deal, but it DIDN'T go away, it went on until rights were given. Today we read about it in the history books.
A little closer to home now. Some might not even think about this now, but for a while, blacks and whites couldn't marry one another. They fought and won their rights as well. During this fight it was said that if blacks and whites were aloud to marry one another, it would tear the fabric of society! The next step would be people wanting to marry their dogs! Everything would change and not for the better. But here we are, inter-racial families are just a normal part of society now. We read about this in the history books.
Now here we are, gay people having to fight for OUR right to marry. Really, you think people would see the pattern by now. People fight for their rights until they get it. We aren't just going to give up because you say 'The bible says it is wrong.' There is a reason for the separation of church and state, this is one of those reasons. We can't make a decision based on our religion. Just because you believe something doesn't mean everyone else does. There are gay christians and churches that accept gay people into their society, just because you are stuck in the past, doesn't mean the world should be also.
The world is a new place now compared to what it was. Has anyone ever stopped to think that maybe what the bible is, isn't all that it ever will be? Maybe there is more out there being written right now as I type, The rules in the bible changed from the old to new testament. Who's to say it wont change again? People change, times change. It is just life.
So I will ask you again:
Stop and look at your self right now...
When this time is looked back on in the future...
Will you be seen as the good guy?...
Or the bad guy?
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