Kovixen

I hate homophobia. I don't understand why it offends people so much, what does it matter to them? I have a friend that is homophobic. When talking to said friend, whom I will call George (to protect George and also because I like the name), he talked about how there were gays at the restaurant he liked, and how he thought it was a "family restaurant". I was like ??? but stayed quiet because I really like George, I don't see George as much as I'd like to, and I'd like to keep the friendship. Getting into a fight just didn't seem right, since I am pretty sure I have no chance of changing George's mind. But I don't get how being gay is against family. Why is it so threatening to people? Is it just that they don't understand it and lash out against what is weird and different? Or were they taught that everyone different is evil and bad?

I have a relative (not someone I'm close to thank god), who thinks that if we allow gay marriage, the next thing will be beastiality. I found this out in a group email, it was all I could do not to freak out on the person. I find this comment shocking and wrong. Where could one get such an idea? Where is the connection? That's like saying if I eat a piece of cake even though I've had three today (gotta love angel food), I'm going to next murder one of my cats. There's no connection. Apples and oranges here people! Since this person is a relative, I sort of feel the need to ignore the comment so that others in my family don't hate me. But this got me really upset. We've had gay marriage for over a year in MA and so far, I haven't heard of one person trying to marry their pet iguana.

When I was in high school (pre-Peter), I had a crush on a friend's brother. We were talking on the phone, the obvious first step of dating for those who were innocent in high school like me, and somehow the conversation took a turn. He said something homophobic, and I freaked. Not knowing what to do, I hung up on him. That ended the relationship pretty quickly. At this time, I knew of no one who was gay. The closest I could get was Pedro on The Real World. But I had enough brains not to like someone so discriminating. I feel like this is common sense. I just wish the rest of the world had more of it.