I Encourage Comments (No Really, I Do!)
I could lie and say I respect everyone’s opinion, but that isn’t true. I respect the right of people to say the dumbest shit they can think of out loud if the feeling strikes them, but I don’t have to respect any given opinion itself.
Case in point this comment left by anonymous (I love it when people say stuff like this under anonymity):
to even compare gays to black is ignorant. its wrong and it will always be wrong to be gay. no one said they couldn’t be together, have civil unions or domestic partnership you just can’t get married. that is between a man and a woman. sorry.
1. Yeah, I didn’t compare the struggles of gay people to that of Blacks. One group was enslaved, the other wasn’t. I’m well aware of the differences. What I pointed out was the irony in one minority group helping push the discrimination of another.
In no way did I imply denying a marriage license to Bow Wow and Omarion is the same thing as making them work the fields and telling them they’re not a whole person.
Discrimination is discrimination. That was my point in case it was missed.
Read. If you didn’t catch it the first time, read it again.
2. Actually, people are saying civic unions and domestic partnerships are wrong are actively campaigning to do away with them, hence some states trying to do away with common law marriages so any possibly legal points gay marriage advocates can make will become null and void. Honestly, I don’t think churches should be forced to marry any type of couple, though when it comes to the state officiating, mind yours.
3. I don’t think many people understand the true history of marriage. It’s cute that Hallmark sold you the dream that it’s always been about love and commitment, but that’s about as true as the notion that originally big nose, nappy haired Michael Jackson bust a nut in a woman (ha!) and created two 110% white babies. Marriage was born out of the need to establish property rights. It was about love alright…love of $$$. Propose to your significant other with a deed if you’re that hung up on tradition.
4. ‘Being gay is wrong.’ So is not having a clue, yet idiots run amok. It is what it is.
Some of my best friends are some of the most religious people on the planet. My family is extremely religious. As much as I love all those people, there a whole lot of ya’ll that don’t know your Bible from your condom wrapping.
There are some people I know who know their stuff, and that I can respect. I don’t have to agree with you, but I do appreciate people taking the time to educate themselves on their belief system.
Then you have everyone else, which makes up the majority. The folks that don’t know shit but profess to be Biblical scholars because they sit in the pews of the church every week. They ‘know’ Christianity, yet can’t tell you anything substantive, but they can damn sure tell you “My pastor says” when challenged.
One of my biggest gripes is that far too many people use religion as an excuse to not think for themselves. Or think at all, for that matter. I’m not God, but I imagine if God wanted play things that just stood there brainless God would’ve beat Mattel to create the Barbie and Ken Dolls. Then again maybe a lot of these people walking around are just defective models.
Maybe it doesn’t seem like it, but I make a real effort on here and in person to try to scale back my harsher opinions in an effort not to offend. Sometimes I don’t know why I bother given most people don’t make that same effort.
I could go on and on and on about this, but to be honest, I doubt the point would even shine through. People wouldn’t stop eating shrimp, they wouldn’t look the history of the word abomination, nor would they see that those who work on the Sabbath are stoned to death. They wouldn’t kill their disobeying kids, widows wouldn’t marry their dead husband’s brother, and they surely wouldn’t turn over all of their money to the poor.
No, everyone will sit there and be a hypocrite. I’m glad Obama got elected, but limiting the rights of others be it gays, women, or Blacks (look up the legislation thrown out there this year) is wrong.
Just as wrong and hypocritical as a white convicted felon getting re-elected to the Senate when we all know if a Black man were in that same predicament he probably wouldn’t be allowed to vote let alone run for any public office. People only object to double standards when it affects them personally.
I believe in God but I don’t think the Devil is some clown with horns in a tight ass red suit. It’s a dumb ass hiding between anonymity and a Bible they don’t read let alone understand to excuse mistreatment of the next person.
miko
November 6, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Michael your so right! i was thinking those things too when i read that ignorant comment after i read your post. good for putting him on blast! how do people still think this way in ’08?! just because we as blacks don’t struggle as hard as say our parents and grandparents, doesn’t mean we should make the gays go thru the same discrimination!
Anonymous
November 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm
AGREED.
thanxx.
People are soo ignorant and they fear what they don't understand. It's always "well the bible says this and the bible says that" but it's becoming a bad excuse because (I'm christian, I don't want to get my words twisted) but the way I see it the bible was written by MAN. no matter how much people want to deny that, it's the truth. Obviously that man didn't like gay people. I think people need to stop being so shallow minded because if they want to say that the bible says homosexuality is wrong, it also says to love thy neighbor.. && stop hatin' lol. Gahh I get soo sick of it, and this is coming from a high school perspective. So I knoww how ignoranntt muutruckkaas can be.
As far as banning gay marriage I don't even think that politics should play a factor in who wants to marry who because politics DO NOT have the right to get involved in love.
Thanxx for posting this.
~Taylor
Ms.310
November 6, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Thank you for responding to that ignorant comment!
Anonymous
November 6, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Wow! Micheal responded to my comment! He even wrote a boring long ass article discussing it too! I never felt so happy in my life. Is this how the harlot felt when she laid hands upon Jesus Christ?! It has to be!
Praises to Messiah Obama. I just know he is behind this!
Anonymous
Anonymous
November 6, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Also, Micheal by name is Raye. If you want. Here’s my email address to. raye91star@kissmyass.com if you want maybe we can chat sometimes. You know, get to know each other better. Maybe you can spread some of that wisdom you have onto me.
Anonymous
November 6, 2008 at 7:08 pm
@ "RAYE" FOUL & OUTTA LINE!….
Micheal it's me again…Prop 8 supporter….I'd never disrespect and I believe the discussion is healthly…do you boo & shake the haters off….{even if you believe I'm one of them…..LOL} I still LOVE U & ur blog!
Darby
November 6, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I’ve wondered this same thing myself plenty of times. It’s not that anyone is comparing the plight of our Black community and the historical and still present racism that occurs to the discrimination of homosexuals. It’s that like you said, as a people who have been and continue to be oppressed, we overwhelmingly continue to support legislation that oppresses another community of people in this country. A community which, I might add, overlaps A WHOLE LOT MORE than many folks are willing to admit.
It’s really sad. seriously.
Dr. Kiti
November 7, 2008 at 12:20 am
Beautiful post. Notice how Mr. Raye had no real argument to back him up. Agitators, I tell you…
Nicki Sunshine
November 7, 2008 at 7:05 am
“One of my biggest gripes is that far too many people use religion as an excuse to not think for themselves.”
I agree with this statement. I’m a Christian but I can’t really say whether being gay is a sin or not.. I haven’t reach that portion of the bible yet. While some churches shun gay folk, some churches are very open minded about it. We have gays in our choir and we have gay ministries… so do a couple of the other major churches in my city.
Janus
November 9, 2008 at 1:41 am
Co-fucking-sign to everything you just said. Many people need to realise that the Bible did not drop from straight out of the sky, wrapped in gift paper.. a bunch of men sat down hundreds of years ago and wrote it based on their archaic customs at the time. What happens is that many of these ideals just do not translate in a modern society and some of these ideals are just plain wrong and inhumane.
I hate it when people use the Bible to justify why homosexuality is wrong but don’t realise it was used as a reason why slavery was right… they stutter and stammer when I point this out. I ‘love’ the fact that the ones who go out to condemn homosexuality are the ones out ready to fuck anything that moves. I hate how widespread ignorance is in the world.
LMAO @ the Micheal Jackson bit… I never even thought about that
Britt
November 9, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Ditto @ Nikki Sunshine.
Wow Anon. The article was so boring and long that you chose to read and comment, which only benefits Michael.
iman
November 10, 2008 at 9:35 am
lmao haters are so funny! yea ur pretty much right i blame religious fervor and/or bigotry on this whole issue. i believe marriage is a human right that needs to be accepted and the sooner ppl recognize it the sooner we can move on.
yet another black guy
November 11, 2008 at 7:16 pm
dam you brought the goods with this one!
sloane
November 21, 2008 at 9:50 am
thank you micheal. people digust me with their bible harassing hypocrisy. i think you should offend away. i think if you hold up a mirror to people when they’re being hateful, they eventually become horrified with what they see. please keep checking people’s blind “faith” with facts.