I am sickened by the vitriol being spewed by conservatives regarding ABC's show The Fosters showing a same-sex kiss between 13 y/o boys. It is as if gay people just all of a sudden appeared on the scene and started forcing their innocent love on the populace. Why is it that two women can love, yet two men love and you would think that the world was coming to an end?? This is the 21st century. It was long prophesied that marriage equality would be the law of the land, yet here we are fighting the fight like we were Loving v. W. Virginia all over again. When will American people realize that all people deserve to love...no matter the combination...MM, FF, MF...all should have the freedom to love as they see fit...against gay marriage? Don't marry someone of the same sex. Simple. Yet here we are trying to legitimize something that should be a no brainer. I have nothing against opposite sex marriage...what about my same-sex one threatens you?
I was born in the late 60's. The 70's and 80's really did not offer much in the way of equality. In fact, the 80's saw the recognition of HIV and AIDS, which somehow made gays the reason for it. The 90's saw a bit of improvement, yet my own father told me he hoped he would be dead before same-sex marriage became legal. So far 37 (38) states and the District of Columbia (AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, ME, MD, MA, MN,
MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI,
and WY - plus Washington, D.C., plus most recently, Nebraska) celebrate marriage equality and he died before more than MA became legal.
I am not saying that anyone has to accept anything nor am I wanting the US to force equality, but I will say that the US has a poor reputation with regard to civil rights. The reason that SCOTUS exists is to balance EXECUTIVE and CONGRESS branches. When the majority decides to discriminate against the minority, SCOTUS acts to balance the equation. In this case, the majority is on the right side of history, and likely SCOTUS will decide once and for all that all marriages, regardless of the combination should be and are valid. Love is Love...
