Ahhh, Don't you just love surprise warm(er) days during winter?
Me too.
It makes the ole' ticker smile :)
Today is a good day.
Today, between the hours of 2:00pm and 4:00pm, we are getting a big delivery. A stainless Kitchen Aid refrigerator (to match our awesome deal of a Craigslist find...post to come soon), our couches and a big roll of bedroom carpeting, to be exact. I'm excited!
...just wish we hadn't run into that hardwood flooring hiccup a few weeks ago so that we could have had the fridge placed and hooked up....
Oh wells.
So, I had a post ready to go about the refrigerator that we are receiving today. More specifically, the matching stainless Kitchen Aid appliance package we found for a STEAL on Craigslist about a year ago, and had to drive 20 hours to go pick up....
...but I have decided to change gears. I'll save that post for another time.
I have decided to get a little political. A little controversial. A little "OH NO SHE DI'INT!"...
I know I know. Not my usual style, but I'm not all genius advice and dry humor *wink wink*, I have opinions on other stuff too.
I was scanning through Facebook a little bit ago during my 8:30am coffee break and I came across an article someone had shared about a woman who runs a blog based around her Mormon beliefs. I won't name names, but the article she had written was about how the Disney movie, "Frozen" was riddled with secret underlying, homosexual messages, and ultimately, how she was NOT ok with this and how WRONG this is.
*shakes head with disappointment*
Basically, she is very much against homosexuality. It's no surprise that there are people out there who are against this, or against that, or think that this is morally wrong or this or that is against the Bible, or this or that is setting a bad example for our children, and so on.
I guess today, I'm here to give my opinion to those people who are against gay people and homosexuality in general. I told myself when I started this blog that I would never get controversial on any "hot topics", but I guess I just had enough. So, here it is, my opinion. I'm leaving religion out of it, as I am not an overly religious person, and I don't personally think that should matter anyways. My opinion is strictly from the that of being a good human being, and nothing more.
So here it is...
To those of you who feel the need to preach to others...
We hear you.
You've been heard.
Now sit down and be quiet.
Yes, it is your right to have your opinions, and it is your right to voice them, but at what point will you realize that you are just coming across as hateful and cruel?
Is that that kind of person you want to be?
Sure, there are some people out there who are gay who have succumb to your constant preaching and have been shamed to the point that they have chosen to deny their sexuality. Because of you have chosen to live a life of solitude and shame when it comes to relationships. They have been told over and over again that being gay is wrong, that they are an abomination, that they are sinners, and that they, in general are just wrong.
Congratulations.
Does that make you feel good?
Do you feel proud of yourself for causing this person to now live a life of loneliness and internal struggle?
Do you feel that by ridding the world of one more openly gay human being, that you have made the world a happier place?
Happier for who?
You?
When you successfully shame someone into denying their sexuality, all you have done is stolen their ability to live happily, and kept it for yourself.
If you want the word to be better, to be happier, then you are the one that needs to change.
People who happen to be gay, are not a problem.
They are not wrong.
They are not an abomination.
They are just people, who want to live their life and fall in love, just like everyone else.
Whether homosexuality is something they are born with, or something they choose, who cares?
Doesn't matter. It's their choice, not yours.
It isn't your job to decide if their choices of who to love are right or wrong.
It's because of hateful people like you that the young man in high school feels so ashamed that he commits suicide, or the young woman marries a man she doesn't love simply to fit in and avoid ridicule.
If everyone was accepting and kind, why would any of these poor souls feel the need to take their own lives or make decisions they weren't happy with simply to please others?
In general, if it isn't hurting anyone, and it makes you happy, then what is the harm?
I could twist and turn this in all different directions which would inevitably just come across as the same sentences with the words rearranged, so I'll end it with this....
I don't think that Elsa in Frozen was singing "Let it Go" to herself, I think she was singing it to all you people out there who feel the need to dictate how other people live their lives.
Try turning your direction to people who are actually hurting society or others, and leave those who simply want to love who they love, alone.
Leave religion out of it.
There are so many beliefs or bible passages that can end up conflicting with others that it makes it near impossible to truly know which of those beliefs or passages is the correct one, so with that said, instead of hating, and instead of preaching, and instead of telling people that they are a problem, or that they should be ashamed, Let it Go.
The world could use a few more rainbows and lot less dark clouds.
Hell, the word "gay" means "happy" for crying out loud!
I love happy people. Happy people make the world a happy place.
It's as simple as that.
There, I got all controversial....it's out of my system.
I'm off to frost some cupcakes, drink my 4th cup of coffee, then go supervise the delivery out at the Farmhouse....
...I'm sure the delivery guys will looooove that...
;) Ashley