I haven’t done one of these in a few weeks because I’ve been so busy trying to get set to move. Now I’m in a holding pattern on that because, despite having a closing date on May 31st and ensuring I had everything prepared on time, the title company is dragging its feet and it’s looking like I’ll have a few more days to wait…which I might be grateful for only because others have waited much longer. That being said, all parties should abide by the terms of the contract.
June is LGBT Pride month and I’m sure there are plenty of homophobes fuming over it…same way racists hate Black History Month. Why do I make that correlation? Because like race and heritage, sexuality isn’t a choice. I’ve known plenty of LGBT people over the years and even had a bisexual man as a roommate once. None of them simply chose it nor could they…it’s feelings, it’s chemical. I’m straight myself…but I never chose to be…I just am because I’m only attracted to women. Some people try to point to the Bible as their reason for being homophobic. Well, besides the fact that the people who wrote and translated and retranslated that book didn’t have the knowledge that we have today, like the proven fact that dinosaurs were around long before man, homophobes are ignoring one main fact. Jesus never said anything about homosexuality. In fact, his overlying message was acceptance and love for all. Sorry, but homophobes don’t seem to have much respect for Jesus Christ. Some will say in response “love the sinner, hate the sin” but how’s it a sin to be how your Creator made you? In all honesty, it’s more than bigoted to be homophobic, it’s kind of conceited as well when it really gets down to it. Too often, people think that if people think a certain way different than them, they have to be wrong or damaged somehow. Personally, I understand that some people are homosexual or bisexual and I get that it’s chemical and emotional. When it comes to transsexuals though, I don’t understand it. Here’s where I differ from homophobes…I don’t understand transsexuals but I don’t fear what I don’t understand either…homophobes fear what they don’t understand. Also, when it comes to marriage rights, marriage is a legal contract and depriving someone of legal age of the right to enter into a contract is unconstitutional and well, bigoted and reprehensible. Religious groups have a right to not perform the ceremonies but LGBT are and should be legally allowed to enter into a contract of marriage. To want to deny them that right is a show of non-support for the Constitution of the United States.
Roseanne Barr got her show cancelled the other day after making a reference to apes when talking about a woman of color. Personally, I never thought much of her show but it’s sad that a couple hundred people are out of work because of this. There is talk, at least, of bringing back the show without her…a move I applaud. In the 80s, Valerie Harper was written off her self-named show and it was successful for a few years afterwards…it can be done. Regarding Roseanne herself, her ex-husband and others that know her seem to feel she needs psychiatric help and I hope she gets it. She’s obnoxious and inappropriate, but I don’t believe she’s truly racist…though her support of Trump can certainly make her look like she is. I’m not saying that supporting Trump makes a person racist, but it does show that racism doesn’t bother them much at all.
Finally, Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a feckless C U Next Tuesday and the same people defending Roseanne’s racist tweet are vilifying her for it….even though, none, if any of them, vilified draft-dodging coward Ted Nugent for saying the same thing about Hillary Clinton. If one disgusts you and not the other, you’re a hypocrite and aren’t upset about the word being used at all. Both instances disgust me but I will say I’m less upset with Samantha Bee for saying it…not because I think Ivanka deserves it, but because Samantha Bee apologized for it…still waiting on Nugent but he’s not man enough to apologize. Regarding the White House calling for Samantha Bee to be fired, the fact they hosted Nugent in the Oval Office, an affront to those of us weren’t too cowardly to serve our country, makes them hypocritical…as well as criminal…since apparently politicians aren’t permitted to influence private companies into making employment decisions…but we saw last week that Trump doesn’t care about that law.
