As far back as I can remember I can hear those voices of people that I grew up around bashing gay people. "Those queers are sick! They should be locked away or shipped off to a deserted island!" And, "AIDS is God's answer to the Faggots.".
Of course times have changed and most of those people have changed their opinions since they found out that a few of their family members just happen to be homosexual. I have been "out of the closet," as they call it, for several years, and too much surprise of peers and loved ones, I am still the same old Lou that they have always known and loved.
I recently celebrated yet another Anniversary with my loving companion and I have to say that everyday with him feels like the first day. He has been a Godsend to me and I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with this man I love. Although it is not in a legal since, I know him as my "husband." We share all of our expenses fifty-fifty. Most everything that we own is in both of our names. Our family members all send Christmas cards to both of us, just like we are a married couple. But, sadly to say, this is only a dream.
It seems that in this crazy, mixed up world, people do not have enough issues in their own lives, so they take it upon themselves to discriminate in a totally ridiculous way. In America, also known as, the land of the free, there is a large majority of us that do not feel as free as we should. Some of us have been deprived of our freedom to love, honor, and cherish, till death do us part. I particularly choose the last comment due to the fact, just because a man loves a man or a woman loves a woman, the same way a man loves a woman, we as homosexual couples should have the same marriage rights as heterosexuals. According to ,********* a Sociology instructor for the ************* University, "Love is love. Love is blind to race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
