“I love gay people. Or as I sometimes like to call them, ‘people.’”

“I love gay people. Or as I sometimes like to call them, ‘people.’”

-Karli Estenson
 

One day I was working at the restaurant I waitress at and I had a customer ask me something that caught me way off guard and actually made me angry. On the TV, the Ellen DeGeneres show was on and the customer saw me smirk at something he said about gay people. He asked me out loud for the whole restaurant to hear (not like anyone was really there anyway, but still) “Do you like lesbians?” First of all, it was a horribly worded question. Was he asking me if I am a lesbian, or if I agree with someone choosing to be lesbian? Part of me wishes I would have answered, “I am one…” then just let him sit there with his foot in his mouth, feeling like an idiot. Instead, I stood there shocked for a minute and finally answered, “Well…I don’t mind them…”

Just to clear the air, as most of you who truly know me already know, I am not a lesbian. But the truth is, I am so sick of the constant arguing I see on the internet or television about gay marriage. As if we, even as Christians, have the right to tell people how to live. What? Are you going to walk into their bedroom and tell them whatever sexual act they are engaging in is wrong and they should go to Hell for it?

Furthermore, I think the titles “gay” and “lesbian” are dumb. Someone who has OCD would not want to walk around having people say,“Look at that OCD.” Or someone with Bipolar would probably rip your head off if you walked up to them and said, “Hey Bipolar…” I’m pretty sure that anyone who is straight would feel really odd if they started being known as “straight” and all of the other qualities about them are looked over.

Sex is a private thing. You wouldn’t sit there worrying about what a straight couple is doing in the bedroom, so stop worrying about what gay couples are or aren’t doing. It is their business and you obviously wouldn’t want to know anyway. So stop thinking about it.

Obviously, everyone has a different view on the situation, and that is fine. But just as Christians would not want someone to walk into the church and tell them worshipping God is wrong, people who choose to live a gay lifestyle don’t want to be told what they are doing is wrong. 

So everyone needs to just chill out and go worry about themselves. A gay couple getting married is not going to destroy the human race. If you disagree, fine, continue to disagree. Just like you probably disagree with Buddhism, or drinking alcohol, or anal sex. If you don’t agree with it, then don’t do it. And leave those that do agree with it alone.