Being Gay
Recently I've been asked to start writing again and honestly I must admit having felt the itch. Though this time around, unlike any other, I think I'll mostly be concentrating on issues in the gay community. Including those that effect me personally, my friends, and of course those that are just out there waiting to strike at any moment.
Lately I've felt more and more like the only "relatively" conservative homo out there. I mean, where are the rest of us? Even my girlfriend has the liberal bug. Most likely caught from all our friends who have it as well. When I was young and impressionable my mom must have successfully given me the shot containing the.... I don't want say "cure" or "anti virus" because I don't believe there's anything wrong with being gay and liberal, in fact in our great minority, they are the majority, but somehow I got left off of that memo. Still I do wonder, occasionally, whether the only way I'm going to find other conservative homos out there is to go and become a log cabin republican and let's face it, when I say I'm conservative, log cabin is going a bit to the right for me.
This issue came up once again when I was talking with a friend who equated being gay with being pro-choice. Now, hey I'm all about free speech and the right to believe what you believe and practice what you practice, but don't assume that just because I'm a out and about lesbian that that must mean I'm pro-choice. I'm not pro-choice, I never have been.
The predicament comes when I realized that I don't think I know any other lesbians who are pro-life. Here I am in a group, (and we all know the group is huge because if you're a lesbian under the age of 35 then you know every other lesbian under the age of 35 within a ... 100 mile radius at least, and if you don't know them, trust me they know you), so here I am in this group of 3000 lesbians and I am the only one that is pro-life, where are all the rest of us?? I don't mind being the only one when the conversation is one on one, but when in a room full of friends it would be nice to lock arms with someone else.
So in an effort to feel like I was not the needle in the haystack but instead part of a minority inside another minority (talk about being different), I searched for "Pro-Life Lesbians" on google.com and this is what I found: http://www.plagal.org . If you are interested in learning more about being a homosexual who is also pro-life please visit this site. They also have many links to other sites about abortion and ways to help people going through making this decision. As for me and feeling rather alone, that feeling is gone, I just wish there were more of us under 35.
Favorite Pro-life quote: " Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." Unfortunately I don't know who said it first or I would credit it to someone.
Lately I've felt more and more like the only "relatively" conservative homo out there. I mean, where are the rest of us? Even my girlfriend has the liberal bug. Most likely caught from all our friends who have it as well. When I was young and impressionable my mom must have successfully given me the shot containing the.... I don't want say "cure" or "anti virus" because I don't believe there's anything wrong with being gay and liberal, in fact in our great minority, they are the majority, but somehow I got left off of that memo. Still I do wonder, occasionally, whether the only way I'm going to find other conservative homos out there is to go and become a log cabin republican and let's face it, when I say I'm conservative, log cabin is going a bit to the right for me.
This issue came up once again when I was talking with a friend who equated being gay with being pro-choice. Now, hey I'm all about free speech and the right to believe what you believe and practice what you practice, but don't assume that just because I'm a out and about lesbian that that must mean I'm pro-choice. I'm not pro-choice, I never have been.
The predicament comes when I realized that I don't think I know any other lesbians who are pro-life. Here I am in a group, (and we all know the group is huge because if you're a lesbian under the age of 35 then you know every other lesbian under the age of 35 within a ... 100 mile radius at least, and if you don't know them, trust me they know you), so here I am in this group of 3000 lesbians and I am the only one that is pro-life, where are all the rest of us?? I don't mind being the only one when the conversation is one on one, but when in a room full of friends it would be nice to lock arms with someone else.
So in an effort to feel like I was not the needle in the haystack but instead part of a minority inside another minority (talk about being different), I searched for "Pro-Life Lesbians" on google.com and this is what I found: http://www.plagal.org . If you are interested in learning more about being a homosexual who is also pro-life please visit this site. They also have many links to other sites about abortion and ways to help people going through making this decision. As for me and feeling rather alone, that feeling is gone, I just wish there were more of us under 35.
Favorite Pro-life quote: " Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." Unfortunately I don't know who said it first or I would credit it to someone.
Labels: abortion, conservative, gay issues, lesbian, liberal, pro-life
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